diff --git a/chapter05/glibc.xml b/chapter05/glibc.xml
index 7d0c1ce7b..94928996d 100644
--- a/chapter05/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter05/glibc.xml
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ esac</userinput></screen>
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><parameter>--enable-kernel=2.6.34</parameter></term>
+        <term><parameter>--enable-kernel=&min-kernel;</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>This tells Glibc to compile the library with support
-          for 2.6.34 and later Linux kernels.  Workarounds for older
+          for &min-kernel; and later Linux kernels.  Workarounds for older
           kernels are not enabled.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 147000cfc..2ef4cfe06 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 <!ENTITY livecd-root     "&lfs-root;livecd/">
 <!ENTITY test-results    "&lfs-root;lfs/build-logs/&generic-version;/">
 <!ENTITY errata          "&lfs-root;lfs/errata/&generic-version;/">
-<!ENTITY min-kernel      "2.6.34">
+<!ENTITY min-kernel      "2.6.32">
                          
 <!ENTITY lfs-ticket-root "http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/ticket/">