diff --git a/proc/sysinfo.c b/proc/sysinfo.c
index 7ef68c53..34f70ec6 100644
--- a/proc/sysinfo.c
+++ b/proc/sysinfo.c
@@ -158,6 +158,14 @@ static void old_Hertz_hack(void){
   unsigned long long jiffies;
   unsigned h;
   char *restrict savelocale;
+  long hz;
+
+#ifdef _SC_CLK_TCK
+  if((hz = sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK)) > 0){
+    Hertz = hz;
+    return;
+  }
+#endif
 
   savelocale = setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, NULL);
   setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C");
@@ -241,6 +249,7 @@ static int check_for_privs(void){
 static void init_libproc(void) __attribute__((constructor));
 static void init_libproc(void){
   have_privs = check_for_privs();
+  init_Linux_version(); /* Must be called before we check code */
   // ought to count CPUs in /proc/stat instead of relying
   // on glibc, which foolishly tries to parse /proc/cpuinfo
   //
diff --git a/proc/version.c b/proc/version.c
index 69bae4f5..0c3a48f1 100644
--- a/proc/version.c
+++ b/proc/version.c
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ void display_version(void) {
 
 int linux_version_code;
 
-static void init_Linux_version(void) __attribute__((constructor));
-static void init_Linux_version(void) {
+void init_Linux_version(void) {
     static struct utsname uts;
     int x = 0, y = 0, z = 0;	/* cleared in case sscanf() < 3 */
     
diff --git a/proc/version.h b/proc/version.h
index 3769b847..04a75e94 100644
--- a/proc/version.h
+++ b/proc/version.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 EXTERN_C_BEGIN
 
+void init_Linux_version(void);    /* Get Linux version */
 extern void display_version(void);	/* display suite version */
 extern const char procps_version[];		/* global buf for suite version */