diff --git a/easybuild/tools/systemtools.py b/easybuild/tools/systemtools.py
index 627da42bb6..cab4b00055 100644
--- a/easybuild/tools/systemtools.py
+++ b/easybuild/tools/systemtools.py
@@ -943,7 +943,9 @@ def get_glibc_version():
 
     if os_type == LINUX:
         glibc_ver_str = get_tool_version('ldd')
-        glibc_ver_regex = re.compile(r"^ldd \([^)]*\) (\d[\d.]*).*$")
+        # note: get_tool_version replaces newlines with ';',
+        # hence the use of ';' below after the expected glibc version
+        glibc_ver_regex = re.compile(r"^ldd \(.+\) (\d[\d.]+);")
         res = glibc_ver_regex.search(glibc_ver_str)
 
         if res is not None:
diff --git a/test/framework/systemtools.py b/test/framework/systemtools.py
index 0841e3b76f..9186b750ec 100644
--- a/test/framework/systemtools.py
+++ b/test/framework/systemtools.py
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ def mocked_run_cmd(cmd, **kwargs):
     """Mocked version of run_cmd, with specified output for known commands."""
     known_cmds = {
         "gcc --version": "gcc (GCC) 5.1.1 20150618 (Red Hat 5.1.1-4)",
-        "ldd --version": "ldd (GNU libc) 2.12",
+        "ldd --version": "ldd (GNU libc) 2.12; ",
         "sysctl -n hw.cpufrequency_max": "2400000000",
         "sysctl -n hw.ncpu": '10',
         "sysctl -n hw.memsize": '8589934592',
@@ -791,6 +791,13 @@ def test_glibc_version_linux(self):
         st.run_cmd = mocked_run_cmd
         self.assertEqual(get_glibc_version(), '2.12')
 
+    def test_glibc_version_linux_gentoo(self):
+        """Test getting glibc version (mocked for Linux)."""
+        st.get_os_type = lambda: st.LINUX
+        ldd_version_out = "ldd (Gentoo 2.37-r3 (patchset 5)) 2.37; Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
+        st.get_tool_version = lambda _: ldd_version_out
+        self.assertEqual(get_glibc_version(), '2.37')
+
     def test_glibc_version_linux_musl_libc(self):
         """Test getting glibc version (mocked for Linux)."""
         st.get_os_type = lambda: st.LINUX