diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1762c2f7..70948f1b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ CHECK_TYPE_SIZE("time_t" EVENT__SIZEOF_TIME_T)
 
 # Verify kqueue works with pipes.
 if (EVENT__HAVE_KQUEUE)
-    if (CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND NOT EVENT__FORCE_KQUEUE_CHECK)
+    if ((CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING OR APPLE) AND NOT EVENT__FORCE_KQUEUE_CHECK)
         message(WARNING "Cannot check if kqueue works with pipes when crosscompiling, use EVENT__FORCE_KQUEUE_CHECK to be sure (this requires manually running a test program on the cross compilation target)")
         set(EVENT__HAVE_WORKING_KQUEUE 1)
     else()