https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=68739
--- Comment #2 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> --- The standard says those types must have a constexpr constructor, but we can't implement that on all targets: // Common base class for std::mutex and std::timed_mutex class __mutex_base { protected: typedef __gthread_mutex_t __native_type; #ifdef __GTHREAD_MUTEX_INIT __native_type _M_mutex = __GTHREAD_MUTEX_INIT; constexpr __mutex_base() noexcept = default; #else __native_type _M_mutex; __mutex_base() noexcept { // XXX EAGAIN, ENOMEM, EPERM, EBUSY(may), EINVAL(may) __GTHREAD_MUTEX_INIT_FUNCTION(&_M_mutex); } ~__mutex_base() noexcept { __gthread_mutex_destroy(&_M_mutex); } #endif ... class mutex : private __mutex_base { public: typedef __native_type* native_handle_type; #ifdef __GTHREAD_MUTEX_INIT constexpr #endif mutex() noexcept = default; I think we simply need to disable the tests for targets that don't support static initializers such as PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER.