diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/shrinkwrap.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/shrinkwrap.js
index 8313e05d61c37..751c549fed63b 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/shrinkwrap.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/shrinkwrap.js
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ const pkgMetaKeys = [
   'engines',
   'os',
   'cpu',
+  'libc',
   '_integrity',
   'license',
   '_hasShrinkwrap',
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/tap-snapshots/test/shrinkwrap.js.test.cjs b/workspaces/arborist/tap-snapshots/test/shrinkwrap.js.test.cjs
index 9103febb644ee..875ffd9f99dcf 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/tap-snapshots/test/shrinkwrap.js.test.cjs
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/tap-snapshots/test/shrinkwrap.js.test.cjs
@@ -390,6 +390,9 @@ Object {
       "funding": Object {
         "url": "https://example.com/",
       },
+      "libc": Array [
+        "glibc",
+      ],
       "os": Array [
         "any",
         "!win32",
@@ -547,6 +550,9 @@ Object {
   "funding": Object {
     "url": "https://example.com/",
   },
+  "libc": Array [
+    "glibc",
+  ],
   "os": Array [
     "any",
     "!win32",
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/test/shrinkwrap.js b/workspaces/arborist/test/shrinkwrap.js
index 79f6a4c73b36f..c79ddff1e7915 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/test/shrinkwrap.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/test/shrinkwrap.js
@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ t.test('construct metadata from node and package data', t => {
       },
       os: ['any', '!win32'],
       cpu: ['x64'],
+      libc: ['glibc'],
     },
     resolved: '/home/user/projects/root/archives/tarball.tgz',
     parent: root,