diff --git a/cmake/introspection.cmake b/cmake/introspection.cmake
index d4ed4866b9c..45724e45c76 100644
--- a/cmake/introspection.cmake
+++ b/cmake/introspection.cmake
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ check_include_file_cxx(vm/vm_param.h HAVE_VM_VM_PARAM_H)
 check_cxx_symbol_exists(O_CLOEXEC "fcntl.h" HAVE_O_CLOEXEC)
 check_cxx_symbol_exists(fdatasync "unistd.h" HAVE_FDATASYNC)
 check_cxx_symbol_exists(fork "unistd.h" HAVE_DECL_FORK)
-check_cxx_symbol_exists(pipe2 "unistd.h" HAVE_DECL_PIPE2)
+if (NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Darwin")
+  check_cxx_symbol_exists(pipe2 "unistd.h" HAVE_DECL_PIPE2)
+endif()
 check_cxx_symbol_exists(setsid "unistd.h" HAVE_DECL_SETSID)
 
 check_include_file_cxx(sys/types.h HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H)