diff --git a/lib/espMqttClient/src/Transport/ClientPosix.cpp b/lib/espMqttClient/src/Transport/ClientPosix.cpp
index d5ceac48f..dd4eebfd3 100644
--- a/lib/espMqttClient/src/Transport/ClientPosix.cpp
+++ b/lib/espMqttClient/src/Transport/ClientPosix.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "ClientPosix.h"
 
-#if defined(__linux__)
+#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__)
 
 namespace espMqttClientInternals {
 
diff --git a/lib/espMqttClient/src/Transport/ClientPosix.h b/lib/espMqttClient/src/Transport/ClientPosix.h
index af0dd4bff..ca11bd1f2 100644
--- a/lib/espMqttClient/src/Transport/ClientPosix.h
+++ b/lib/espMqttClient/src/Transport/ClientPosix.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ the LICENSE file.
 
 #pragma once
 
-#if defined(__linux__)
+#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__)
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/lib/espMqttClient/src/espMqttClient.cpp b/lib/espMqttClient/src/espMqttClient.cpp
index 74d0ace67..6649487cc 100644
--- a/lib/espMqttClient/src/espMqttClient.cpp
+++ b/lib/espMqttClient/src/espMqttClient.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ espMqttClientSecure & espMqttClientSecure::setPreSharedKey(const char * pskIdent
 
 #endif
 
-#if defined(__linux__)
+#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__)
 espMqttClient::espMqttClient()
     : MqttClientSetup(espMqttClientTypes::UseInternalTask::NO)
     , _client() {
diff --git a/lib/espMqttClient/src/espMqttClient.h b/lib/espMqttClient/src/espMqttClient.h
index 128a801be..b31a8ea64 100644
--- a/lib/espMqttClient/src/espMqttClient.h
+++ b/lib/espMqttClient/src/espMqttClient.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ the LICENSE file.
 #if defined(ARDUINO_ARCH_ESP8266) || defined(ARDUINO_ARCH_ESP32)
 #include "Transport/ClientSync.h"
 #include "Transport/ClientSecureSync.h"
-#elif defined(__linux__)
+#elif defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__)
 #include "Transport/ClientPosix.h"
 #endif
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class espMqttClientSecure : public MqttClientSetup<espMqttClientSecure> {
 
 #endif
 
-#if defined(__linux__)
+#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__)
 class espMqttClient : public MqttClientSetup<espMqttClient> {
   public:
     espMqttClient();