diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/utils/leak_detective.c b/src/libstrongswan/utils/leak_detective.c
index c79d75f79..abb470f46 100644
--- a/src/libstrongswan/utils/leak_detective.c
+++ b/src/libstrongswan/utils/leak_detective.c
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ char *whitelist[] = {
 	/* pthread stuff */
 	"pthread_create",
 	"pthread_setspecific",
+	"__pthread_setspecific",
 	/* glibc functions */
 	"mktime",
 	"__gmtime_r",