diff --git a/lib/fuse.c b/lib/fuse.c
index b29db9d..59f8b45 100644
--- a/lib/fuse.c
+++ b/lib/fuse.c
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
 
+#define FUSE_VERSION_FILE_OLD "/proc/fs/fuse/version"
+#define FUSE_DEV_OLD "/proc/fs/fuse/dev"
+
 #define FUSE_MAX_PATH 4096
 #define PARAM(inarg) (((char *)(inarg)) + sizeof(*inarg))
 
@@ -1722,12 +1725,18 @@
     const char *version_file = FUSE_VERSION_FILE;
     FILE *vf = fopen(version_file, "r");
     if (vf == NULL) {
-        version_file = "/sys/fs/fuse/version";
+        version_file = FUSE_VERSION_FILE_OLD;
         vf = fopen(version_file, "r");
         if (vf == NULL) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "fuse: kernel interface too old, need >= %i.%i\n",
-                    FUSE_KERNEL_VERSION, FUSE_KERNEL_MINOR_VERSION);
-            return -1;
+            struct stat tmp;
+            if (stat(FUSE_DEV_OLD, &tmp) != -1) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "fuse: kernel interface too old, need >= %i.%i\n",
+                        FUSE_KERNEL_VERSION, FUSE_KERNEL_MINOR_VERSION);
+                return -1;
+            } else {
+                fprintf(stderr, "fuse: warning: version of kernel interface unknown\n");
+                return 0;
+            }
         }
     }
     res = fscanf(vf, "%i.%i", &f->majorver, &f->minorver);
@@ -1817,7 +1826,17 @@
     if (f->id_table == NULL)
         goto out_free_name_table;
 
-    pthread_mutex_init(&f->lock, NULL);
+#ifndef USE_UCLIBC
+     pthread_mutex_init(&f->lock, NULL);
+#else
+     {
+         pthread_mutexattr_t attr;
+         pthread_mutexattr_init(&attr);
+         pthread_mutexattr_settype(&attr, PTHREAD_MUTEX_ADAPTIVE_NP);
+         pthread_mutex_init(&f->lock, &attr);
+         pthread_mutexattr_destroy(&attr);
+     }
+#endif
     f->numworker = 0;
     f->numavail = 0;
     f->op = *op;
diff --git a/lib/mount.c b/lib/mount.c
index 05dcb59..a84dbee 100644
--- a/lib/mount.c
+++ b/lib/mount.c
@@ -91,7 +91,11 @@
         return -1;
     }
 
+#ifndef USE_UCLIBC
     pid = fork();
+#else
+    pid = vfork();
+#endif
     if(pid == -1) {
         perror("fuse: fork() failed");
         close(fds[0]);