diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 893dea2f..7f05666c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ endif()
 # explicitly set hardening flags
 set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 set(FALCO_SECURITY_FLAGS "")
-if(NOT EMSCRIPTEN)
+if(NOT EMSCRIPTEN AND NOT APPLE)
   set(FALCO_SECURITY_FLAGS "${FALCO_SECURITY_FLAGS} -Wl,-z,relro,-z,now -fstack-protector-strong")
 endif()
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "release")
diff --git a/cmake/modules/falcosecurity-libs.cmake b/cmake/modules/falcosecurity-libs.cmake
index a9b98bc2..b81ef993 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/falcosecurity-libs.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/falcosecurity-libs.cmake
@@ -95,10 +95,11 @@ include(CheckSymbolExists)
 check_symbol_exists(strlcpy "string.h" HAVE_STRLCPY)
 
 if(HAVE_STRLCPY)
-  message(STATUS "Existing strlcpy found, will *not* use local definition by setting -DHAVE_STRLCPY.")
+  message(STATUS "Existing strlcpy and strlcat found, will *not* use local definition by setting -DHAVE_STRLCPY and -DHAVE_STRLCAT.")
   add_definitions(-DHAVE_STRLCPY)
+  add_definitions(-DHAVE_STRLCAT)
 else()
-  message(STATUS "No strlcpy found, will use local definition")
+  message(STATUS "No strlcpy and strlcat found, will use local definition")
 endif()
 
 include(driver)
diff --git a/userspace/falco/app/restart_handler.cpp b/userspace/falco/app/restart_handler.cpp
index fcd92de6..615aa08a 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/app/restart_handler.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/app/restart_handler.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ limitations under the License.
 #include <string.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#if !defined(__APPLE__)
 #include <sys/inotify.h>
+#endif
 #include <sys/select.h>
 
 #if __GLIBC__ == 2 && __GLIBC_MINOR__ < 30
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ void falco::app::restart_handler::stop()
 
 void falco::app::restart_handler::watcher_loop() noexcept
 {
+#ifdef __linux__
     if (fcntl(m_inotify_fd, F_SETOWN, gettid()) < 0)
     {
         // an error occurred, we can't recover
@@ -207,4 +210,5 @@ void falco::app::restart_handler::watcher_loop() noexcept
         // next timeout.
         should_check = true;
     }
+#endif
 }
diff --git a/userspace/falco/stats_writer.cpp b/userspace/falco/stats_writer.cpp
index aa731794..d19afe4a 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/stats_writer.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/stats_writer.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 // overflows here. Threads calling stats_writer::handle() will just
 // check that this value changed since their last observation.
 static std::atomic<stats_writer::ticker_t> s_timer((stats_writer::ticker_t) 0);
+#if !defined(__APPLE__)
 static timer_t s_timerid;
+#else
+static uint16_t s_timerid;
+#endif
 // note: Workaround for older GLIBC versions (< 2.35), where calling timer_delete() 
 // with an invalid timer ID not returned by timer_create() causes a segfault because of 
 // a bug in GLIBC (https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28257).
@@ -48,7 +52,9 @@ static void timer_handler(int signum)
 
 bool stats_writer::init_ticker(uint32_t interval_msec, std::string &err)
 {
+#if !defined(__APPLE__)
 	struct itimerspec timer = {};
+#endif
 	struct sigaction handler = {};
 
 	memset (&handler, 0, sizeof(handler));
@@ -64,7 +70,7 @@ bool stats_writer::init_ticker(uint32_t interval_msec, std::string &err)
 	sev.sigev_notify = SIGEV_SIGNAL;
 	sev.sigev_signo = SIGALRM;
 	sev.sigev_value.sival_ptr = &s_timerid;
-#ifndef __EMSCRIPTEN__
+#if !defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__) && !defined(__APPLE__)
 	// delete any previously set timer
 	if (s_timerid_exists)
 	{
@@ -84,11 +90,14 @@ bool stats_writer::init_ticker(uint32_t interval_msec, std::string &err)
 	s_timerid_exists = true;
 
 #endif
+
+#if !defined(__APPLE__)
 	timer.it_value.tv_sec = interval_msec / 1000;
 	timer.it_value.tv_nsec = (interval_msec % 1000) * 1000 * 1000;
 	timer.it_interval = timer.it_value;
+#endif
 
-#ifndef __EMSCRIPTEN__
+#if !defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__) && !defined(__APPLE__)
 	if (timer_settime(s_timerid, 0, &timer, NULL) == -1) 
 	{
 		err = std::string("Could not set up periodic timer: ") + strerror(errno);
@@ -151,7 +160,7 @@ stats_writer::~stats_writer()
 			m_file_output.close();
 		}
 		// delete timerID and reset timer
-#ifndef __EMSCRIPTEN__
+#if !defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__) && !defined(__APPLE__)
 		if (s_timerid_exists)
 		{
 			timer_delete(s_timerid);