diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1702d6a..ba26dcc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ jobs:
           - os: macos-latest
             target: aarch64-apple-darwin
           - os: ubuntu-22.04
-            target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            # musl → a fully static Linux binary with no glibc version
+            # dependency, so it runs on old distros (e.g. Ubuntu 20.04 /
+            # glibc 2.31) that the glibc build's GLIBC_2.3x symbols break on.
+            target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -29,6 +32,14 @@ jobs:
         with:
           targets: ${{ matrix.target }}
 
+      # musl-gcc is needed to compile the C sources we statically link:
+      # rusqlite's bundled SQLite amalgamation and ring (ureq's rustls TLS).
+      - name: Install musl build tools
+        if: contains(matrix.target, 'musl')
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y musl-tools
+
       - name: Cache cargo registry + build
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 31bd0da..fdfae96 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Detects your platform, downloads the latest release tarball from GitHub, verifie
 Download from the [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/rollysys/auditui/releases) page. Available targets:
 
 - `aarch64-apple-darwin` — macOS Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4)
-- `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu` — Linux x86_64
+- `x86_64-unknown-linux-musl` — Linux x86_64 (static; runs on any glibc, incl. old distros)
 
 > **Intel Mac (x86_64-apple-darwin)**: build from source with the steps below — Intel runners on GitHub Actions are deprecated and prebuilt artifacts are no longer published.
 
diff --git a/README.zh.md b/README.zh.md
index 42f8c23..749207b 100644
--- a/README.zh.md
+++ b/README.zh.md
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ curl -fsSL https://github.com/rollysys/auditui/releases/latest/download/install.
 去 [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/rollysys/auditui/releases) 页面下载。提供的目标平台:
 
 - `aarch64-apple-darwin` — macOS Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4)
-- `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu` — Linux x86_64
+- `x86_64-unknown-linux-musl` — Linux x86_64(静态链接;任意 glibc 版本均可运行,含老发行版)
 
 > **Intel Mac (x86_64-apple-darwin)**: 请用下面的源码编译方式 — GitHub Actions 的 Intel runner 已 deprecated,不再发布预编译产物。
 
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index fccc7ed..a3f35e2 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ case "$os-$arch" in
     Darwin-arm64|Darwin-aarch64)
         target="aarch64-apple-darwin" ;;
     Linux-x86_64|Linux-amd64)
-        target="x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" ;;
+        # Statically-linked musl build: runs on any x86_64 Linux regardless
+        # of glibc version (no GLIBC_2.3x dependency).
+        target="x86_64-unknown-linux-musl" ;;
     Darwin-x86_64)
         red "Intel Mac (Darwin x86_64) — prebuilt binary not published."
         red "Please build from source:"