diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils.py b/yt_dlp/utils.py
index f6f7c38d1..443c49814 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils.py
@@ -1966,13 +1966,16 @@ def system_identifier():
     python_implementation = platform.python_implementation()
     if python_implementation == 'PyPy' and hasattr(sys, 'pypy_version_info'):
         python_implementation += ' version %d.%d.%d' % sys.pypy_version_info[:3]
+    libc_ver = []
+    with contextlib.suppress(OSError):  # We may not have access to the executable
+        libc_ver = platform.libc_ver()
 
     return 'Python %s (%s %s) - %s %s' % (
         platform.python_version(),
         python_implementation,
         platform.architecture()[0],
         platform.platform(),
-        format_field(join_nonempty(*platform.libc_ver(), delim=' '), None, '(%s)'),
+        format_field(join_nonempty(*libc_ver, delim=' '), None, '(%s)'),
     )