diff --git a/utils/link-validate/link-validate.sh b/utils/link-validate/link-validate.sh
index 612956d292a..2d8d57b95fc 100755
--- a/utils/link-validate/link-validate.sh
+++ b/utils/link-validate/link-validate.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ verlte() {
 
 ALLOWED_SHARED_LIBS=("libdl.so.2" "libpthread.so.0" "librt.so.1" "libm.so.6" "libc.so.6" "ld-linux-x86-64.so.2")
 
-if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
+if [ "$#" -lt 1 ]; then
     echo "USAGE: link-validate.sh BINNAME GLIBC_VERSION"
     exit 1
 fi
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ fi
 # Step 1: glibc version
 
 for i in $(objdump -T "$1" | awk '{print $5}' | grep GLIBC | sed 's/ *$//g' | sed 's/GLIBC_//' | sort | uniq); do
-    if ! verlte "$i" "$2"; then
+    if ! verlte "$i" "${2:-2.10}"; then
         echo "Dependency on newer libc detected: $i"
         exit 1
     fi