diff --git a/src/pulsecore/rtpoll.c b/src/pulsecore/rtpoll.c
index 354c4c0e9..83008266f 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/rtpoll.c
+++ b/src/pulsecore/rtpoll.c
@@ -161,8 +161,10 @@ void pa_rtpoll_install(pa_rtpoll *p) {
     p->installed = 1;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_PPOLL
+# ifdef __linux__
     if (p->dont_use_ppoll)
         return;
+# endif
 
     if ((p->rtsig = pa_rtsig_get_for_thread()) < 0) {
         pa_log_warn("Failed to reserve POSIX realtime signal.");
diff --git a/src/tests/rtpoll-test.c b/src/tests/rtpoll-test.c
index 3ab992a19..e64937714 100644
--- a/src/tests/rtpoll-test.c
+++ b/src/tests/rtpoll-test.c
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     pa_rtpoll_item *i, *w;
     struct pollfd *pollfd;
 
+#ifdef SIGRTMIN
     pa_rtsig_configure(SIGRTMIN+10, SIGRTMAX);
+#endif
 
     p = pa_rtpoll_new();