diff --git a/.github/docker/alpine-3.20.Dockerfile b/.github/docker/alpine-3.20.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9f17d963
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/docker/alpine-3.20.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2025 Intel Corporation
+# Under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions. See LICENSE.TXT.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+
+#
+# Dockerfile - a 'recipe' for Docker to build an image of Alpine
+#              environment for building the Unified Memory Framework project.
+#
+
+# Pull base Alpine image version 3.20
+FROM alpine:3.20
+
+# Set environment variables
+ENV OS alpine
+ENV OS_VER 3.20
+
+# Base development packages
+ARG BASE_DEPS="\
+	cmake \
+	git \
+	g++ \
+	make"
+
+# UMF's dependencies
+ARG UMF_DEPS="\
+	hwloc-dev"
+
+# Dependencies for tests
+ARG TEST_DEPS="\
+	numactl-dev"
+
+# Update and install required packages
+RUN apk update \
+ && apk add \
+	${BASE_DEPS} \
+	${TEST_DEPS} \
+	${UMF_DEPS}
diff --git a/.github/scripts/alpine_build.sh b/.github/scripts/alpine_build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c9c82f1e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/alpine_build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (C) 2025 Intel Corporation
+# Under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions. See LICENSE.TXT.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+
+# alpine_build.sh - Script for building UMF on Alpine image
+
+set -e
+
+cd unified-memory-framework
+
+cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$1 -DUMF_BUILD_TESTS=ON -DUMF_BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON
+cmake --build build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index 76e6bef16..ad990269d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ permissions:
 env:
   BUILD_DIR : "${{github.workspace}}/build"
   INSTALL_DIR: "${{github.workspace}}/build/install"
+  HOST_WORKDIR: ${{github.workspace}}
+  WORKDIR: /unified-memory-framework
 
 jobs:
   fuzz-test:
@@ -370,3 +372,25 @@ jobs:
 
   SYCL:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable_sycl.yml
+
+  alpine:
+    name: Alpine
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+          build_type: [Debug, Release]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+
+    - name: Build Alpine image
+      run: |
+        docker build . -f .github/docker/alpine-3.20.Dockerfile -t alpine_image
+
+    - name: Run UMF build on Alpine image
+      run: |
+        docker run --rm --name alpine_container -i -v $HOST_WORKDIR:$WORKDIR alpine_image $WORKDIR/.github/scripts/alpine_build.sh ${{matrix.build_type}}
diff --git a/src/utils/utils_log.c b/src/utils/utils_log.c
index 2fd28fc2c..5fc5d6639 100644
--- a/src/utils/utils_log.c
+++ b/src/utils/utils_log.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2024 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2024-2025 Intel Corporation
  *
  * Under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions. See LICENSE.TXT.
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include <windows.h>
 #else
-#define _GNU_SOURCE 1
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -153,13 +152,21 @@ static void utils_log_internal(utils_log_level_t level, int perror,
             }
             errno = saveno;
 #else
-            char err_buff[1024]; // max size according to manpage.
             int saveno = errno;
             errno = 0;
+#if (_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600) && !_GNU_SOURCE
+            char err[1024];
+            int err_ret = strerror_r(saveno, err, sizeof(err));
+            if (err_ret == ERANGE) {
+                postfix = "[truncated...]";
+            }
+#else
+            char err_buff[1024]; // max size according to manpage.
             const char *err = strerror_r(saveno, err_buff, sizeof(err_buff));
             if (errno == ERANGE) {
                 postfix = "[truncated...]";
             }
+#endif
             errno = saveno;
 #endif
             strncpy(b_pos, err, b_size);