diff --git a/egl/wayland-egl-symbols-check b/egl/wayland-egl-symbols-check
index d04fd042..6adef0aa 100755
--- a/egl/wayland-egl-symbols-check
+++ b/egl/wayland-egl-symbols-check
@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@ if ! test -n "$NM"; then
 	exit 99
 fi
 
-AVAIL_FUNCS="$($NM -D --format=bsd --defined-only $LIB | awk '{print $3}')"
+# Assuming any system with SystemVersion.plist is a darwin-derivative and prefixes C symbols with _
+if [ -f "/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist" ] ; then
+    AVAIL_FUNCS="$($NM $LIB | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's:^_::')"
+else
+    AVAIL_FUNCS="$($NM -D --format=bsd --defined-only $LIB | awk '{print $3}')"
+fi
 
 # Official ABI, taken from the header.
 REQ_FUNCS="wl_egl_window_resize
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b879df7b..e5af2459 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ cc_args = []
 if host_machine.system() != 'freebsd'
 	cc_args += ['-D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200809L']
 endif
+if host_machine.system() == 'darwin'
+	# For CMSG_LEN(), which is an RFC 2292 addition and not part of POSIX.1-2008
+	cc_args += ['-D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE']
+endif
 add_project_arguments(cc_args, language: 'c')
 
 compiler_flags = [
@@ -40,6 +44,7 @@ endforeach
 
 have_funcs = [
 	'accept4',
+	'getpeereid',
 	'mkostemp',
 	'posix_fallocate',
 	'prctl',
@@ -69,15 +74,20 @@ endif
 config_h.set10('HAVE_BROKEN_MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC', have_broken_msg_cmsg_cloexec)
 
 if get_option('libraries')
-	if host_machine.system() == 'freebsd'
-		# When building for FreeBSD, epoll(7) is provided by a userspace
-		# wrapper around kqueue(2).
+	if host_machine.system() in ['darwin', 'freebsd']
+		# When building for darwin or FreeBSD, epoll(7) is provided by a
+		# userspace wrapper around kqueue(2).
 		epoll_dep = dependency('epoll-shim')
 	else
 		# Otherwise, assume that epoll(7) is supported natively.
 		epoll_dep = []
 	endif
-	ffi_dep = dependency('libffi')
+
+	if host_machine.system() == 'darwin'
+		ffi_dep = cc.find_library('ffi')
+	else
+		ffi_dep = dependency('libffi')
+	endif
 
 	decls = [
 		{ 'header': 'sys/signalfd.h', 'symbol': 'SFD_CLOEXEC' },
@@ -91,11 +101,15 @@ if get_option('libraries')
 		endif
 	endforeach
 
-	rt_dep = []
-	if not cc.has_function('clock_gettime', prefix: '#include <time.h>')
-		rt_dep = cc.find_library('rt')
-		if not cc.has_function('clock_gettime', prefix: '#include <time.h>', dependencies: rt_dep, args: cc_args)
-			error('clock_gettime not found')
+	if host_machine.system() == 'darwin'
+		rt_dep = []
+	else
+		rt_dep = []
+		if cc.has_function('clock_gettime', prefix: '#include <time.h>')
+			rt_dep = cc.find_library('rt')
+			if not cc.has_function('clock_gettime', prefix: '#include <time.h>', dependencies: rt_dep, args: cc_args)
+				error('clock_gettime not found')
+			endif
 		endif
 	endif
 endif
diff --git a/src/connection.c b/src/connection.c
index ceaeac14..af79450e 100644
--- a/src/connection.c
+++ b/src/connection.c
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <time.h>
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+#include <ffi/ffi.h>
+#else
 #include <ffi.h>
+#endif
 
 #include "wayland-util.h"
 #include "wayland-private.h"
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 9e61f3d4..7510f471 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -29,7 +29,12 @@ wayland_util_dep = declare_dependency(
 if get_option('scanner')
 	# wayland-scanner
 
-	scanner_deps = [ dependency('expat') ]
+	if host_machine.system() == 'darwin'
+		scanner_deps = [ cc.find_library('expat') ]
+	else
+		scanner_deps = [ dependency('expat') ]
+	endif
+
 	scanner_args = [ '-include', 'config.h' ]
 
 	if get_option('dtd_validation')
diff --git a/src/wayland-os.c b/src/wayland-os.c
index a9066cae..ba2c814b 100644
--- a/src/wayland-os.c
+++ b/src/wayland-os.c
@@ -69,16 +69,38 @@ wl_os_socket_cloexec(int domain, int type, int protocol)
 {
 	int fd;
 
+#ifdef SOCK_CLOEXEC
 	fd = socket(domain, type | SOCK_CLOEXEC, protocol);
 	if (fd >= 0)
 		return fd;
 	if (errno != EINVAL)
 		return -1;
+#endif
 
 	fd = socket(domain, type, protocol);
 	return set_cloexec_or_close(fd);
 }
 
+int
+wl_os_socketpair_cloexec(int domain, int type, int protocol, int sv[2])
+{
+	int retval;
+
+#ifdef SOCK_CLOEXEC
+	retval = socketpair(domain, type | SOCK_CLOEXEC, protocol, sv);
+	if (retval >= 0)
+		return retval;
+	if (errno != EINVAL)
+		return -1;
+#endif
+
+	retval = socketpair(domain, type, protocol, sv);
+	if (set_cloexec_or_close(sv[0]) == -1 || set_cloexec_or_close(sv[1]) == -1)
+		retval = -1;
+
+	return retval;
+}
+
 #if defined(__FreeBSD__)
 int
 wl_os_socket_peercred(int sockfd, uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid, pid_t *pid)
@@ -115,6 +137,22 @@ wl_os_socket_peercred(int sockfd, uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid, pid_t *pid)
 	*pid = ucred.pid;
 	return 0;
 }
+#elif defined(HAVE_GETPEEREID) && defined(LOCAL_PEERPID)
+int
+wl_os_socket_peercred(int sockfd, uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid, pid_t *pid)
+{
+	socklen_t len;
+
+	if (getpeereid(sockfd, uid, gid) != 0) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	len = sizeof(pid_t);
+	if (getsockopt(sockfd, SOL_LOCAL, LOCAL_PEERPID, pid, &len) != 0) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
 #else
 #error "Don't know how to read ucred on this platform"
 #endif
@@ -124,11 +162,13 @@ wl_os_dupfd_cloexec(int fd, int minfd)
 {
 	int newfd;
 
+#ifdef F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC
 	newfd = fcntl(fd, F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC, minfd);
 	if (newfd >= 0)
 		return newfd;
 	if (errno != EINVAL)
 		return -1;
+#endif
 
 	newfd = fcntl(fd, F_DUPFD, minfd);
 	return set_cloexec_or_close(newfd);
@@ -176,7 +216,7 @@ wl_os_recvmsg_cloexec(int sockfd, struct msghdr *msg, int flags)
 	 * fix (https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=6ceacebdf52211).
 	 */
 #pragma message("Using fallback directly since MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC is broken.")
-#else
+#elif defined(MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC)
 	ssize_t len;
 
 	len = recvmsg(sockfd, msg, flags | MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC);
diff --git a/src/wayland-os.h b/src/wayland-os.h
index 068fd2fe..42e28007 100644
--- a/src/wayland-os.h
+++ b/src/wayland-os.h
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 int
 wl_os_socket_cloexec(int domain, int type, int protocol);
 
+int
+wl_os_socketpair_cloexec(int domain, int type, int protocol, int sv[2]);
+
 int
 wl_os_socket_peercred(int sockfd, uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid, pid_t *pid);
 
diff --git a/src/wayland-shm.c b/src/wayland-shm.c
index 8fb657aa..5707a0b8 100644
--- a/src/wayland-shm.c
+++ b/src/wayland-shm.c
@@ -306,8 +306,10 @@ shm_create_pool(struct wl_client *client, struct wl_resource *resource,
 		uint32_t id, int fd, int32_t size)
 {
 	struct wl_shm_pool *pool;
+#ifdef HAVE_MEMFD_CREATE
 	struct stat statbuf;
 	int seals;
+#endif
 	int prot;
 	int flags;
 
diff --git a/tests/client-test.c b/tests/client-test.c
index 47be83fc..d3b09443 100644
--- a/tests/client-test.c
+++ b/tests/client-test.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
+#include "wayland-os.h"
 #include "wayland-private.h"
 #include "wayland-server.h"
 #include "test-runner.h"
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ TEST(client_destroy_listener)
 	struct client_destroy_listener a, b;
 	int s[2];
 
-	assert(socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0, s) == 0);
+	assert(wl_os_socketpair_cloexec(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, s) == 0);
 	display = wl_display_create();
 	assert(display);
 	client = wl_client_create(display, s[0]);
diff --git a/tests/connection-test.c b/tests/connection-test.c
index 9762e0da..80f4f443 100644
--- a/tests/connection-test.c
+++ b/tests/connection-test.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <poll.h>
 
+#include "wayland-os.h"
 #include "wayland-private.h"
 #include "test-runner.h"
 #include "test-compositor.h"
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ setup(int *s)
 {
 	struct wl_connection *connection;
 
-	assert(socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0, s) == 0);
+	assert(wl_os_socketpair_cloexec(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, s) == 0);
 
 	connection = wl_connection_create(s[0]);
 	assert(connection);
@@ -181,8 +182,8 @@ struct marshal_data {
 static void
 setup_marshal_data(struct marshal_data *data)
 {
-	assert(socketpair(AF_UNIX,
-			  SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0, data->s) == 0);
+	assert(wl_os_socketpair_cloexec(AF_UNIX,
+			  SOCK_STREAM, 0, data->s) == 0);
 	data->read_connection = wl_connection_create(data->s[0]);
 	assert(data->read_connection);
 	data->write_connection = wl_connection_create(data->s[1]);
@@ -824,7 +825,7 @@ TEST(request_bogus_size)
 	for (bogus_size = 11; bogus_size >= 0; bogus_size--) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "* bogus size %d\n", bogus_size);
 
-		assert(socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0, s) == 0);
+		assert(wl_os_socketpair_cloexec(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, s) == 0);
 		display = wl_display_create();
 		assert(display);
 		client = wl_client_create(display, s[0]);
diff --git a/tests/os-wrappers-test.c b/tests/os-wrappers-test.c
index 8d8c3ab9..50218594 100644
--- a/tests/os-wrappers-test.c
+++ b/tests/os-wrappers-test.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 
 static int fall_back;
 
+#ifdef __ELF__
 /* Play nice with sanitizers
  *
  * Sanitizers need to intercept syscalls in the compiler run-time library. As
@@ -71,6 +72,13 @@ static int fall_back;
 #define REAL(func) (__interceptor_ ## func) ?				\
 	__interceptor_ ## func :					\
 	(__typeof__(&__interceptor_ ## func))dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, #func)
+#else
+#define DECL(ret_type, func, ...) \
+	static ret_type (*real_ ## func)(__VA_ARGS__);			\
+	static int wrapped_calls_ ## func;
+
+#define REAL(func) (__typeof__(real_ ## func)) dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, #func)
+#endif
 
 DECL(int, socket, int, int, int);
 DECL(int, fcntl, int, int, ...);
@@ -92,10 +100,12 @@ socket(int domain, int type, int protocol)
 {
 	wrapped_calls_socket++;
 
+#ifdef SOCK_CLOEXEC
 	if (fall_back && (type & SOCK_CLOEXEC)) {
 		errno = EINVAL;
 		return -1;
 	}
+#endif
 
 	return real_socket(domain, type, protocol);
 }
@@ -141,10 +151,12 @@ recvmsg(int sockfd, struct msghdr *msg, int flags)
 {
 	wrapped_calls_recvmsg++;
 
+#ifdef MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC
 	if (fall_back && (flags & MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC)) {
 		errno = EINVAL;
 		return -1;
 	}
+#endif
 
 	return real_recvmsg(sockfd, msg, flags);
 }
@@ -179,7 +191,11 @@ do_os_wrappers_socket_cloexec(int n)
 	 * Must have 2 calls if falling back, but must also allow
 	 * falling back without a forced fallback.
 	 */
+#ifdef SOCK_CLOEXEC
 	assert(wrapped_calls_socket > n);
+#else
+	assert(wrapped_calls_socket == 1);
+#endif
 
 	exec_fd_leak_check(nr_fds);
 }
@@ -253,8 +269,8 @@ struct marshal_data {
 static void
 setup_marshal_data(struct marshal_data *data)
 {
-	assert(socketpair(AF_UNIX,
-			  SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0, data->s) == 0);
+	assert(wl_os_socketpair_cloexec(AF_UNIX,
+			  SOCK_STREAM, 0, data->s) == 0);
 
 	data->read_connection = wl_connection_create(data->s[0]);
 	assert(data->read_connection);
@@ -342,9 +358,10 @@ do_os_wrappers_recvmsg_cloexec(int n)
 	struct marshal_data data;
 
 	data.nr_fds_begin = count_open_fds();
-#if HAVE_BROKEN_MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC
+#if HAVE_BROKEN_MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC || !defined(MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC)
 	/* We call the fallback directly on FreeBSD versions with a broken
-	 * MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC, so we don't call the local recvmsg() wrapper. */
+	 * MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC or platforms without MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC, so we
+         * don't call the local recvmsg() wrapper. */
 	data.wrapped_calls = 0;
 #else
 	data.wrapped_calls = n;
diff --git a/tests/resources-test.c b/tests/resources-test.c
index fa6ba2b2..ca4595cb 100644
--- a/tests/resources-test.c
+++ b/tests/resources-test.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
+#include "wayland-os.h"
 #include "wayland-server.h"
 #include "test-runner.h"
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ TEST(create_resource_tst)
 	int s[2];
 	uint32_t id;
 
-	assert(socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0, s) == 0);
+	assert(wl_os_socketpair_cloexec(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, s) == 0);
 	display = wl_display_create();
 	assert(display);
 	client = wl_client_create(display, s[0]);
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ TEST(destroy_res_tst)
 		.notify = &destroy_notify
 	};
 
-	assert(socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0, s) == 0);
+	assert(wl_os_socketpair_cloexec(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, s) == 0);
 	display = wl_display_create();
 	assert(display);
 	client = wl_client_create(display, s[0]);
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ TEST(create_resource_with_same_id)
 	int s[2];
 	uint32_t id;
 
-	assert(socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0, s) == 0);
+	assert(wl_os_socketpair_cloexec(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, s) == 0);
 	display = wl_display_create();
 	assert(display);
 	client = wl_client_create(display, s[0]);
diff --git a/tests/test-compositor.c b/tests/test-compositor.c
index 49d76d6d..3c0d537f 100644
--- a/tests/test-compositor.c
+++ b/tests/test-compositor.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ get_socket_name(void)
 
 	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
 	snprintf(retval, sizeof retval, "wayland-test-%d-%ld%ld",
-		 getpid(), tv.tv_sec, tv.tv_usec);
+		 (int)getpid(), (long)tv.tv_sec, (long)tv.tv_usec);
 
 	return retval;
 }
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ static const struct wl_registry_listener registry_listener =
 	NULL
 };
 
-struct client *client_connect()
+struct client *client_connect(void)
 {
 	struct wl_registry *reg;
 	struct client *c = calloc(1, sizeof *c);
diff --git a/tests/test-runner.c b/tests/test-runner.c
index d07dab15..7a61ecba 100644
--- a/tests/test-runner.c
+++ b/tests/test-runner.c
@@ -63,7 +63,12 @@ static int timeouts_enabled = 1;
 /* set to one if the output goes to the terminal */
 static int is_atty = 0;
 
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+extern const struct test __start_test_section __asm("section$start$__RODATA$test_section");
+extern const struct test __stop_test_section __asm("section$end$__RODATA$test_section");
+#else
 extern const struct test __start_test_section, __stop_test_section;
+#endif
 
 static const struct test *
 find_test(const char *name)
@@ -308,6 +313,12 @@ is_debugger_attached(void)
 
 	return rc;
 }
+#else
+static int
+is_debugger_attached(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 #endif
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
diff --git a/tests/test-runner.h b/tests/test-runner.h
index d0734009..2024fa13 100644
--- a/tests/test-runner.h
+++ b/tests/test-runner.h
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+#define TEST_SECTION "__RODATA,test_section"
+#else
+#define TEST_SECTION "test_section"
+#endif
+
 struct test {
 	const char *name;
 	void (*run)(void);
@@ -41,7 +47,7 @@ struct test {
 	static void name(void);						\
 									\
 	const struct test test##name					\
-		 __attribute__ ((used, section ("test_section"))) = {	\
+		 __attribute__ ((used, section (TEST_SECTION))) = {	\
 		#name, name, 0						\
 	};								\
 									\
@@ -51,7 +57,7 @@ struct test {
 	static void name(void);						\
 									\
 	const struct test test##name					\
-		 __attribute__ ((used, section ("test_section"))) = {	\
+		 __attribute__ ((used, section (TEST_SECTION))) = {	\
 		#name, name, 1						\
 	};								\
 									\