diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index 279004f..c8ecff7 100644
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ def build_extensions(self):
                 if not ext.extra_compile_args:
                     ext.extra_compiler_args = []
                 extra_compile_args = ['-std=c99', '-UNDEBUG', '-D_GNU_SOURCE']
-                if self.compiler.compiler_so[0].startswith('gcc'):
+                if self.compiler.compiler_so[0].startswith('gcc') and sys.platform != 'darwin':
                     extra_compile_args.append('-frecord-gcc-switches')
                 ext.extra_compile_args.extend(extra_compile_args)
         compile_c(