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