diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6156e9ce..ef28c78f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -82,13 +82,12 @@ script:
        qemu-arm -L /usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/ ./.libs/http_utils ;
        qemu-arm -L /usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/ ./.libs/threaded ;
      fi
-   else
-     make check ;
-     cat test/test-suite.log ;
-     ls -l /usr/local/lib/ ;
-     ls -l /usr/lib/ ;
-     if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then cd ../src/; cppcheck --error-exitcode=1 .; cd ../build; fi
    fi
+ - make check
+ - cat test/test-suite.log
+ - ls -l /usr/local/lib/
+ - ls -l /usr/lib/
+ - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then cd ../src/; cppcheck --error-exitcode=1 .; cd ../build; fi
 after_success:
   - if [ "$DEBUG" = "debug" ] && [ "$COVERAGE" = "coverage" ] && [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash); fi
 matrix:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b3ae5e70..dc42c5f8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -258,6 +258,13 @@ else
     AM_CFLAGS="$AM_CXXFLAGS -O3"
 fi
 
+case $host_os in
+    darwin* )
+        AM_CXXFLAGS="$AM_CXXFLAGS -DDARWIN"
+        AM_CFLAGS="$AM_CFLAGS -DDARWIN"
+        ;;
+esac
+
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to build with coverage information])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([coverage],
     [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-coverage],
diff --git a/test/integ/ws_start_stop.cpp b/test/integ/ws_start_stop.cpp
index 2dbf7d16..cae2d4dc 100644
--- a/test/integ/ws_start_stop.cpp
+++ b/test/integ/ws_start_stop.cpp
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ LT_BEGIN_AUTO_TEST(ws_start_stop_suite, enable_options)
 LT_END_AUTO_TEST(enable_options)
 
 LT_BEGIN_AUTO_TEST(ws_start_stop_suite, custom_socket)
+#ifndef DARWIN
     int fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
 
     struct sockaddr_in address;
@@ -269,6 +270,7 @@ LT_BEGIN_AUTO_TEST(ws_start_stop_suite, custom_socket)
     curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
 
     ws.stop();
+#endif
 LT_END_AUTO_TEST(custom_socket)
 
 LT_BEGIN_AUTO_TEST(ws_start_stop_suite, single_resource)