diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4f8a029..ead3d5c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v1
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.6 🐍
+      - name: Set up Python 3.7 🐍
         uses: actions/setup-python@v1
         with:
-          python-version: '3.6'
+          python-version: '3.7'
 
       - name: Install Nox
         run: python -m pip install nox==2020.8.22
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v1
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.6 🐍
+      - name: Set up Python 3.7 🐍
         uses: actions/setup-python@v1
         with:
-          python-version: '3.6'
+          python-version: '3.7'
 
       - name: Install Nox
         run: python -m pip install nox==2020.8.22
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v1
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.6 🐍
+      - name: Set up Python 3.7 🐍
         uses: actions/setup-python@v1
         with:
-          python-version: '3.6'
+          python-version: '3.7'
 
       - name: Build 🔨
         run: |
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v1
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.9 🐍
+      - name: Set up Python 3.7 🐍
         uses: actions/setup-python@v1
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: '3.7'
 
       - name: Install PyInstaller
         run: python -m pip install pyinstaller==4.0
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ jobs:
           name: checksec.exe
           path: dist/checksec.exe
 
+      # TODO: can't test rich output: UnicodeEncodeError: 'charmap' codec can't encode characters in position 0-78: character maps to <undefined>
+      - name: Smoke test
+        run: ./dist/checksec.exe C:\Windows --json
+
   test:
     needs: build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -100,10 +104,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v1
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.6 🐍
+      - name: Set up Python 3.7 🐍
         uses: actions/setup-python@v1
         with:
-          python-version: '3.6'
+          python-version: '3.7'
 
       - name: Install Nox
         run: python -m pip install nox==2020.8.22
@@ -177,10 +181,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v1
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.6 🐍
+      - name: Set up Python 3.7 🐍
         uses: actions/setup-python@v1
         with:
-          python-version: '3.6'
+          python-version: '3.7'
 
       - name: Build 🔨
         run: |
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d99a7e5..3959b18 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -116,10 +116,12 @@ Check `--help` for more options (_JSON output_, _recursive walk_, _workers count
 
 |                            | checksec.py | checksec.sh |
 |----------------------------|:-----------:|:-----------:|
-| Distributed workload        |     ✔       |     ❌       |
+| Cross-Platform support      |     ✔       |     ❌      |
+| Distributed workload        |     ✔       |     ❌      |
 | Scan file                  |      ✔      |      ✔      |
 | Scan directory             |      ✔      |      ✔      |
 | Scan directory recursively |      ✔      |      ❌     |
+| Specify libc path          |      ✔      |      ❌     |
 | Scan process               |      ❌     |     ✔       |
 | Scan process libs          |      ❌     |     ✔       |
 | Scan kernel config         |      ❌     |     ✔       |
@@ -144,6 +146,7 @@ Check `--help` for more options (_JSON output_, _recursive walk_, _workers count
 
 |                             | checksec.py | winchecksec |
 |-----------------------------|:-----------:|:-----------:|
+| Cross-Platform support      |     ✔       |     ❌      |
 | Distributed workload        |     ✔       |     ❌       |
 | Scan file                   |     ✔       |     ✔       |
 | Scan directory              |     ✔       |     ❌      |
diff --git a/checksec/__main__.py b/checksec/__main__.py
index 9395be3..7ae7b78 100644
--- a/checksec/__main__.py
+++ b/checksec/__main__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import os
 from concurrent.futures import ProcessPoolExecutor, as_completed
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Iterator, List, Union
+from typing import Iterator, List, Optional, Union
 
 from docopt import docopt
 
@@ -52,6 +52,18 @@ def checksec_file(filepath: Path) -> Union["ELFChecksecData", "PEChecksecData"]:
     return binary.checksec_state
 
 
+def worker_initializer(libc_path: Optional[Path] = None):
+    """Routine to initialize some context in a worker process"""
+    # this function is used to set global object in the worker's process context
+    # multiprocessing has different behaviors on Windows and Linux
+    # on Windows, the global object __LIBC_OBJ in elf.py is found to be uninitialized,
+    # even after we explicitely initialized it in the main function.
+    #
+    # this function ensures that the object is initialized with the libc_path passed as cmdline argument
+    logging.debug("Worker %s: initializer", os.getpid())
+    get_libc(libc_path)
+
+
 def main(args):
     filepath_list = [Path(entry) for entry in args["<file/directory>"]]
     debug = args["--debug"]
@@ -93,7 +105,9 @@ def main(args):
             check_output.enumerating_tasks_start()
             count = sum(1 for i in walk_filepath_list(filepath_list, recursive))
             check_output.enumerating_tasks_stop(count)
-            with ProcessPoolExecutor(max_workers=workers) as pool:
+            with ProcessPoolExecutor(
+                max_workers=workers, initializer=worker_initializer, initargs=(libc_path,)
+            ) as pool:
                 try:
                     check_output.processing_tasks_start()
                     future_to_checksec = {
diff --git a/checksec/elf.py b/checksec/elf.py
index 8b3016c..78ecacc 100644
--- a/checksec/elf.py
+++ b/checksec/elf.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import logging
 from collections import namedtuple
 from enum import Enum
 from functools import lru_cache
@@ -48,12 +49,16 @@ def get_libc(libc_path: Optional[Path] = None) -> Optional["Libc"]:
     try:
         __LIBC_OBJ["libc"]
     except KeyError:
+        logging.debug("Libc object not set")
         try:
             libc = Libc(libc_path)
-        except (LibcNotFoundError, ErrorParsingFailed):
+        except (LibcNotFoundError, ErrorParsingFailed) as e:
+            logging.debug("Failed to init Libc object: %s", e)
             __LIBC_OBJ["libc"] = None
         else:
+            logging.debug("Libc object initialized")
             __LIBC_OBJ["libc"] = libc
+    logging.debug(__LIBC_OBJ)
     return __LIBC_OBJ["libc"]
 
 
@@ -79,6 +84,7 @@ def __init__(self, libpath: Path = None):
             libpath = Path(find_libc())
             if not libpath:
                 raise LibcNotFoundError
+        logging.debug("Initializing Libc from %s", libpath)
         self.libc = lief.parse(str(libpath))
         if not self.libc:
             raise ErrorParsingFailed(libpath)
diff --git a/checksec/output.py b/checksec/output.py
index 6dff34f..35c7d3d 100644
--- a/checksec/output.py
+++ b/checksec/output.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import json
+import logging
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List, Union
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ def processing_tasks_start(self):
         self.process_task_id = self.process_bar.add_task("Checking", total=self.total)
 
     def add_checksec_result(self, filepath: Path, checksec: Union[ELFChecksecData, PEChecksecData]):
+        logging.debug("result for %s: %s", filepath, checksec)
         if isinstance(checksec, ELFChecksecData):
             row_res: List[str] = []
             # display results
diff --git a/checksec/utils.py b/checksec/utils.py
index 29d1eb8..d2ad6c2 100644
--- a/checksec/utils.py
+++ b/checksec/utils.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import lddwrap
+# cannot use is_elf because of circular dependency
+import lief
 
 
 class LibcNotFoundError(Exception):
@@ -37,11 +39,19 @@ def find_libc():
         # or other errors
         try:
             libc_path = find_libc_ldd()
-        except FileNotFoundError:
+        except (FileNotFoundError, RuntimeError):
             # test hardcoded paths
             logging.debug("Finding libc path: hardcoded paths")
             for maybe_libc in LIBC_PATH_POSSIBILITIES:
-                if Path(maybe_libc).resolve().exists():
+                logging.debug("Testing libc at %s", maybe_libc)
+                maybe_libc_path = Path(maybe_libc)
+                if maybe_libc_path.exists():
+                    # symlink
+                    if maybe_libc_path.is_symlink():
+                        dst = os.readlink(str(maybe_libc_path))
+                        logging.debug("Resolve symlink %s -> %s", maybe_libc_path, dst)
+                        maybe_libc_path = Path(dst)
+                if lief.is_elf(str(maybe_libc_path)):
                     libc_path = maybe_libc
                     break
     if libc_path is None:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fb41c93..d0899c9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="checksec.py",
-    version="0.4.5",
+    version="0.5.0",
     author="Mathieu Tarral",
     author_email="mathieu.tarral@protonmail.com",
     description="Checksec tool implemented in Python",
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
         "console_scripts": ["checksec = checksec.__main__:entrypoint"],
     },
     classifiers=[
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
         "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
         "Typing :: Typed",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)",
     ],
-    python_requires=">=3.6",
+    python_requires=">=3.7",
 )