diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 41fa7f67bc..c66e0a4247 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 #define ARRAY_SIZE(x) (sizeof(x)/sizeof(x[0]))
 
-#ifndef __APPLE_CC__
+#if !defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(__FreeBSD)
 #define _XOPEN_SOURCE 600 /* glibc2 and AIX 5.3L need 500, OpenBSD needs 600 for S_ISLNK() */
 #define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED 1 /* AIX 5.3L needs this */
 #endif