diff --git a/src/include.h b/src/include.h
index 3bd2985e..4f303776 100644
--- a/src/include.h
+++ b/src/include.h
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef _INCLUDE_H
 #define _INCLUDE_H
 
+// only enable TCP_FASTOPEN on linux
+#if __linux
+
 /*  conditional define for TCP_FASTOPEN */
 #ifndef TCP_FASTOPEN
 #define TCP_FASTOPEN   23
@@ -11,6 +14,8 @@
 #define MSG_FASTOPEN   0x20000000
 #endif
 
+#endif
+
 int udprelay_init(const char *server_host, const char *server_port,
 #ifdef UDPRELAY_LOCAL
                   const char *remote_host, const char *remote_port,