diff --git a/local/recipes/tui/mc/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/tui/mc/recipe.toml
index 5c810b9b35..5ad84d7d27 100644
--- a/local/recipes/tui/mc/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/tui/mc/recipe.toml
@@ -43,5 +43,10 @@ COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
     --with-screen=ncurses
 )
 
+# Fix gnulib mountlist detection: Redox has no /etc/mtab or /proc/mounts.
+# Change the configure error to a warning so the build proceeds.
+sed -i 's/AC_MSG_ERROR(\[could not determine how to read list of mounted file systems\])/AC_MSG_WARN([could not determine how to read list of mounted file systems]); ac_list_mounted_fs=missing/' \
+    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/m4.include/gnulib/mountlist.m4"
+
 cookbook_configure
 """