diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 12c12e7..82bc074 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@
   vflag += vflag_test
 endif
 
+if host_system == 'darwin'
+  cargs += '-mmacosx-version-min=10.4'
+  vflag += '-mmacosx-version-min=10.4'
+endif
+
 install_devel = not meson.is_subproject()
 
 configure_file(