diff --git a/tools/include/getline.h b/tools/include/getline.h
index b9a3f7150f..02df6c2f79 100644
--- a/tools/include/getline.h
+++ b/tools/include/getline.h
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 
-#ifndef __linux__
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+#if !defined(__linux__) && !(defined(__APPLE__) && __DARWIN_C_LEVEL >= 200809L)
 /*
  * Emulate glibc getline() via BSD fgetln().
  * Note that outsize is not changed unless memory is allocated.