diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 88a0acf29..abd176c96 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1924,6 +1924,12 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
                          "Please add txindex=1 to your configuration and start with -reindex");
     }
 
+    #if !defined(__linux)
+        if (fZelnode) {
+            return InitError("Zelnode can be run only on Linux");
+        }
+    #endif
+
     if (fZelnode) {
         LogPrintf("IS FLUXNODE\n");
         strZelnodeAddr = GetArg("-zelnodeaddr", "");
diff --git a/src/zelnode/benchmarks.cpp b/src/zelnode/benchmarks.cpp
index a0bbcafb6..4d230cf31 100644
--- a/src/zelnode/benchmarks.cpp
+++ b/src/zelnode/benchmarks.cpp
@@ -4,19 +4,21 @@
 
 #include <util.h>
 #include <utiltime.h>
-#include "benchmarks.h"
 #include <regex>
 #include <univalue/include/univalue.h>
 #include <rpc/protocol.h>
 #include <core_io.h>
-
-#include <libgen.h>         // dirname
-#include <unistd.h>         // readlink
-#include <linux/limits.h>   // PATH_MAX
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 
 #include "zelnode/zelnode.h"
+#include "benchmarks.h"
+
+#if defined(__linux)
+#  include <libgen.h>         // dirname
+#  include <unistd.h>         // readlink
+#  include <linux/limits.h>   // PATH_MAX
+#endif
 
-#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 
 namespace filesys = boost::filesystem;
 
@@ -33,17 +35,21 @@ std::string strTestnetSring = "-testnet ";
 
 std::string GetSelfPath()
 {
-  char result[ PATH_MAX ];
-  ssize_t count = readlink( "/proc/self/exe", result, PATH_MAX );
+    #if defined(__linux)
+        char result[ PATH_MAX ];
+        ssize_t count = readlink( "/proc/self/exe", result, PATH_MAX );
 
-  const char *path;
+        const char *path;
 
-  if (count != -1) {
-      path = dirname(result);
-      return std::string(path);
-  }
+        if (count != -1) {
+            path = dirname(result);
+            return std::string(path);
+        }
+
+        return "";
+    #endif
 
-   return "";
+    return "";
 }
 
 bool FindBenchmarkPath(std::string filename, std::string file_path )
@@ -253,6 +259,3 @@ bool GetBenchmarkSignedTransaction(const CTransaction& tx, CTransaction& signedT
     error = "Benchd isn't running";
     return false;
 }
-
-
-