diff --git a/eosio_build.sh b/eosio_build.sh
index 784ac3f3b7de725c72cb12d245cb716de71ab54e..8f90521f38efe9b1719c995d16b965f7bc391673 100755
--- a/eosio_build.sh
+++ b/eosio_build.sh
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@
 				C_COMPILER=gcc
 				export LLVM_DIR=${HOME}/opt/wasm/lib/cmake/llvm
 			;;
+			"Linux Mint")
+				FILE=${WORK_DIR}/scripts/eosio_build_ubuntu.sh
+				CXX_COMPILER=clang++-4.0
+				C_COMPILER=clang-4.0
+			;;
 			"CentOS Linux")
 				FILE=${WORK_DIR}/scripts/eosio_build_centos.sh
 				export CMAKE=${HOME}/opt/cmake/bin/cmake
diff --git a/scripts/eosio_build_ubuntu.sh b/scripts/eosio_build_ubuntu.sh
index 154430f30d7d5f696b832fc22e522224d25c7eda..d13c1b962aa03b20e2dd11e0a6c64eb39b70e1b8 100644
--- a/scripts/eosio_build_ubuntu.sh
+++ b/scripts/eosio_build_ubuntu.sh
@@ -24,11 +24,22 @@
 		exit 1
 	fi
 
-	if [ $OS_MIN -lt 4 ]; then
-		printf "\tYou must be running Ubuntu 16.04.x or higher to install EOSIO.\n"
-		printf "\tExiting now.\n"
-		exit 1
-	fi
+        case $OS_NAME in
+                "Linux Mint")
+                       if [ $OS_MAJ -lt 18 ]; then
+                               printf "\tYou must be running Linux Mint 18.x or higher to install EOSIO.\n"
+                               printf "\tExiting now.\n"
+                               exit 1
+                       fi
+                ;;
+                "Ubuntu")
+                        if [ $OS_MIN -lt 4 ]; then
+                                printf "\tYou must be running Ubuntu 16.04.x or higher to install EOSIO.\n"
+                                printf "\tExiting now.\n"
+                                exit 1
+                        fi
+                ;;
+        esac
 
 	if [ $DISK_AVAIL -lt $DISK_MIN ]; then
 		printf "\tYou must have at least ${DISK_MIN}GB of available storage to install EOSIO.\n"