diff --git a/cmake/posix/px4_impl_posix.cmake b/cmake/posix/px4_impl_posix.cmake
index 1e08a43975..d51b5527d5 100644
--- a/cmake/posix/px4_impl_posix.cmake
+++ b/cmake/posix/px4_impl_posix.cmake
@@ -166,14 +166,26 @@ function(px4_os_add_flags)
                 mavlink/include/mavlink
                 )
 
+if(UNIX AND APPLE)
         set(added_definitions
 		-D__PX4_POSIX
-                -D__PX4_LINUX 
+		-D__PX4_DARWIN
 		-DCLOCK_MONOTONIC=1
 		-Dnoreturn_function=__attribute__\(\(noreturn\)\)
 		-include ${PX4_INCLUDE_DIR}visibility.h
                 )
 
+else()
+
+        set(added_definitions
+		-D__PX4_POSIX
+		-D__PX4_LINUX 
+		-DCLOCK_MONOTONIC=1
+		-Dnoreturn_function=__attribute__\(\(noreturn\)\)
+		-include ${PX4_INCLUDE_DIR}visibility.h
+                )
+endif()
+
         set(added_exe_linker_flags
 		-lpthread
 		)