diff --git a/src/common/misc.cpp b/src/common/misc.cpp
index 8dc54fb..bbd2516 100644
--- a/src/common/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/common/misc.cpp
@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@ std::string GetLastErrorMsg() {
     static const std::size_t buff_size = 255;
     char err_str[buff_size];
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#if defined(_WIN32)
     FormatMessageA(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM, nullptr, GetLastError(),
                    MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), err_str, buff_size, nullptr);
+#elif defined(__GNUC__)
+    const char* err = strerror_r(errno, err_str, buff_size);
+    return std::string(err, strlen(err));
 #else
     // Thread safe (XSI-compliant)
     strerror_r(errno, err_str, buff_size);