diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f6f7dd84..9108c0da 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ config_h.set_quoted('PACKAGE', meson.project_name())
 config_h.set_quoted('PACKAGE_VERSION', meson.project_version())
 
 cc_args = []
-if host_machine.system() not in ['freebsd', 'openbsd']
+if host_machine.system() not in ['freebsd', 'openbsd', 'darwin']
 	cc_args += ['-D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200809L']
 endif
 add_project_arguments(cc_args, language: 'c')
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ endif
 config_h.set10('HAVE_BROKEN_MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC', have_broken_msg_cmsg_cloexec)
 
 if get_option('libraries')
-	if host_machine.system() in ['freebsd', 'openbsd']
-		# When building for FreeBSD, epoll(7) is provided by a userspace
+	if host_machine.system() in ['freebsd', 'openbsd', 'darwin']
+		# When building for BSDs, epoll(7) is provided by a userspace
 		# wrapper around kqueue(2).
 		epoll_dep = dependency('epoll-shim')
 	else