diff --git a/docs/install.md b/docs/install.md
index 7ad034f6..c40785ac 100644
--- a/docs/install.md
+++ b/docs/install.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Ready-compiled sharp and libvips binaries are provided for use with
 Node.js v10+ on the most common platforms:
 
 * macOS x64 (>= 10.13)
-* Linux x64 (glibc >= 2.17, musl >= 1.1.24)
+* Linux x64 (glibc >= 2.17, musl >=1.1.24 <1.2.0)
 * Linux ARM64 (glibc >= 2.29)
 * Windows x64
 * Windows x86
diff --git a/install/libvips.js b/install/libvips.js
index 6b3385f2..8c0f4a6b 100644
--- a/install/libvips.js
+++ b/install/libvips.js
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ try {
         throw new Error(`Use with glibc ${detectLibc.version} requires manual installation of libvips >= ${minimumLibvipsVersion}`);
       }
     }
+    if (detectLibc.family === detectLibc.MUSL && detectLibc.version) {
+      if (!semver.satisfies(detectLibc.version, '>=1.1.24 <1.2.0')) {
+        throw new Error(`Use with musl ${detectLibc.version} requires manual installation of libvips >= ${minimumLibvipsVersion}`);
+      }
+    }
 
     const supportedNodeVersion = process.env.npm_package_engines_node || require('../package.json').engines.node;
     if (!semver.satisfies(process.versions.node, supportedNodeVersion)) {