diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3c9788d3df..7bc57d93f8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed Aug 13 15:51:22 2008  Akinori MUSHA  <knu@iDaemons.org>
+
+	* string.c: Apply a temporary fix to fix build on OS X.  A real
+	  fix will follow later.
+
 Wed Aug 13 15:25:09 2008  Akinori MUSHA  <knu@iDaemons.org>
 
 	* enumerator.c (Init_Enumerator): Rename Enumerable::Enumerator to
diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index 41e950d17d..e72becfbdc 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 VALUE rb_cString;
 VALUE rb_cSymbol;
 
-#ifdef __GNUC__
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && !(defined(__APPLE__) && (defined(__MACH__) || defined(__DARWIN__)))
 #define alias_func(old_prot, new_name, args) \
 VALUE old_prot __attribute__((alias(#new_name)));
 #else