diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5f3808c..988a0bb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
 }
 " HAVE_O_DIRECT) 
 
+CHECK_C_SOURCE_COMPILES("#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
+    getline(0,0,0);
+}
+" HAVE_GETLINE) 
+
 MACRO(CREATE_CHECK NAME)
   ADD_EXECUTABLE(${NAME} ${NAME}.c)
   TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${NAME} ${COMMON_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt b/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
index 193692a..fb14bb0 100644
--- a/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+IF(HAVE_GETLINE)
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(rose rose.cpp)
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(rose ${COMMON_LIBRARIES})
 
@@ -10,6 +11,9 @@ TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(roseTableTpcCH-workload1 ${COMMON_LIBRARIES})
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(roseTableTpcCH-workload2 roseTableTpcCH-workload2.cpp)
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(roseTableTpcCH-workload2 ${COMMON_LIBRARIES})
 
+ENDIF(HAVE_GETLINE)
+
+
 CREATE_EXECUTABLE(lhtableThreaded)
 CREATE_EXECUTABLE(naiveHash)
 CREATE_EXECUTABLE(naiveMultiThreaded)
@@ -30,4 +34,4 @@ CREATE_EXECUTABLE(distributedLsnFree)
 IF(CHECK_LIBRARY)
   ADD_TEST(rose rose)
 ENDIF(CHECK_LIBRARY)
-CREATE_EXECUTABLE(slotted)
\ No newline at end of file
+CREATE_EXECUTABLE(slotted)
diff --git a/src/apps/referential/CMakeLists.txt b/src/apps/referential/CMakeLists.txt
index d075351..26b4c50 100644
--- a/src/apps/referential/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/apps/referential/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+if(HAVE_GETLINE)
 SUBDIRS(lang)
 ADD_LIBRARY(referential algebra.c dml.c ddl.c tuple.c lang/ast.c)
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(referential ${COMMON_LIBRARIES})
@@ -5,3 +6,4 @@ SET(COMMON_LIBRARIES referential refparse ${COMMON_LIBRARIES})
 IF(CHECK_LIBRARY)
   CREATE_CHECK_OPT(toplevel ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/test-script.ref)
 ENDIF(CHECK_LIBRARY)
+endif(HAVE_GETLINE)
diff --git a/test/stasis/fault_injection/CMakeLists.txt b/test/stasis/fault_injection/CMakeLists.txt
index 4a7884b..3349609 100644
--- a/test/stasis/fault_injection/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/stasis/fault_injection/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+IF(HAVE_GETLINE) # XXX HACK.  Assume we're not on linux if we don't have getline, then don't even try to get this directory to build.
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(check_faultInjection fitest.c fisubject.c fichecker.c)
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(check_faultInjection  ${COMMON_LIBRARIES})
 
@@ -12,3 +13,4 @@ CONFIGURE_FILE(
     COPYONLY
   )
 ADD_TEST(check_faultInjection check_faultInjection)
+ENDIF(HAVE_GETLINE)