diff --git a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_posix_SharedCode.h b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_posix_SharedCode.h
index 6d649af375..641f1d141d 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_posix_SharedCode.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_posix_SharedCode.h
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ void Thread::setCurrentThreadName (const String& name)
     {
         [[NSThread currentThread] setName: juceStringToNS (name)];
     }
-   #elif JUCE_LINUX
+   #elif JUCE_LINUX && (__GLIBC__ * 1000 + __GLIBC_MINOR__) >= 2012
     pthread_setname_np (pthread_self(), name.toRawUTF8());
    #endif
 }
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ bool Thread::setThreadPriority (void* handle, int priority)
     int policy;
     priority = jlimit (0, 10, priority);
 
-    if (handle == 0)
+    if (handle == nullptr)
         handle = (void*) pthread_self();
 
     if (pthread_getschedparam ((pthread_t) handle, &policy, &param) != 0)