diff --git a/pip/pep425tags.py b/pip/pep425tags.py
index 2d91ccc6d5f..555afaa7946 100644
--- a/pip/pep425tags.py
+++ b/pip/pep425tags.py
@@ -124,7 +124,54 @@ def get_platform():
         split_ver = release.split('.')
         return 'macosx_{0}_{1}_{2}'.format(split_ver[0], split_ver[1], machine)
     # XXX remove distutils dependency
-    return distutils.util.get_platform().replace('.', '_').replace('-', '_')
+    result = distutils.util.get_platform().replace('.', '_').replace('-', '_')
+    if result == "linux_x86_64" and sys.maxsize == 2147483647:
+        result = "linux_i686"
+    return result
+
+
+def is_manylinux1_compatible():
+    # Only Linux, and only x86-64 / i686
+    if get_platform() not in ("linux_x86_64", "linux_i686"):
+        return False
+
+    # Check for presence of _manylinux module
+    try:
+        import _manylinux
+        return bool(_manylinux.manylinux1_compatible)
+    except (ImportError, AttributeError):
+        # Fall through to heuristic check below
+        pass
+
+    # Check glibc version. CentOS 5 uses glibc 2.5.
+    return have_compatible_glibc(2, 5)
+
+
+def have_compatible_glibc(major, minimum_minor):
+    import ctypes
+    process_namespace = ctypes.CDLL(None)
+    try:
+        gnu_get_libc_version = process_namespace.gnu_get_libc_version
+    except AttributeError:
+        # Symbol doesn't exist -> therefore, we are not linked to
+        # glibc.
+        return False
+
+    # Call gnu_get_libc_version, which returns a string like "2.5".
+    gnu_get_libc_version.restype = ctypes.c_char_p
+    version_str = gnu_get_libc_version()
+    # py2 / py3 compatibility:
+    if not isinstance(version_str, str):
+        version_str = version_str.decode("ascii")
+
+    # Parse string and check against requested version.
+    version = [int(piece) for piece in version_str.split(".")]
+    assert len(version) == 2
+    if major != version[0]:
+        return False
+    if minimum_minor > version[1]:
+        return False
+    return True
 
 
 def get_supported(versions=None, noarch=False):
@@ -189,6 +236,11 @@ def get_supported(versions=None, noarch=False):
             else:
                 # arch pattern didn't match (?!)
                 arches = [arch]
+        elif sys.platform == 'linux':
+            if is_manylinux1_compatible():
+                arches = [arch, arch.replace('linux', 'manylinux1')]
+            else:
+                arches = [arch]
         else:
             arches = [arch]
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_wheel.py b/tests/unit/test_wheel.py
index e3b8b3d6816..0e626a4e74f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_wheel.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_wheel.py
@@ -396,6 +396,33 @@ def test_manual_abi_dm_flags(self):
         self.abi_tag_unicode('dm', {'Py_DEBUG': True, 'WITH_PYMALLOC': True})
 
 
+class TestManylinux1Tags(object):
+
+    @patch('pip.pep425tags.get_platform', lambda: 'linux_x86_64')
+    @patch('pip.pep425tags.have_compatible_glibc', lambda foo, bar: True)
+    def test_manylinux1_1(self):
+        """
+        Test that manylinux1 is enabled on linux_x86_64
+        """
+        assert pep425tags.is_manylinux1_compatible()
+
+    @patch('pip.pep425tags.get_platform', lambda: 'linux_x86_64')
+    @patch('pip.pep425tags.have_compatible_glibc', lambda foo, bar: False)
+    def test_manylinux1_2(self):
+        """
+        Test that manylinux1 is disabled with incompatible glibc
+        """
+        assert not pep425tags.is_manylinux1_compatible()
+
+    @patch('pip.pep425tags.get_platform', lambda: 'arm6vl')
+    @patch('pip.pep425tags.have_compatible_glibc', lambda foo, bar: True)
+    def test_manylinux1_3(self):
+        """
+        Test that manylinux1 is disabled on arm6vl
+        """
+        assert not pep425tags.is_manylinux1_compatible()
+
+
 class TestMoveWheelFiles(object):
     """
     Tests for moving files from wheel src to scheme paths