diff --git a/include/grub/symbol.h b/include/grub/symbol.h
index ef19a73..68d9f00 100644
--- a/include/grub/symbol.h
+++ b/include/grub/symbol.h
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@
 # define EXT_C(sym)	sym
 #endif
 
-#if ! defined (__CYGWIN__) && ! defined (__MINGW32__)
+#if defined (APPLE_CC)
+#define FUNCTION(x)	.globl EXT_C(x) ; EXT_C(x):
+#define VARIABLE(x)	.globl EXT_C(x) ; EXT_C(x):
+#elif ! defined (__CYGWIN__) && ! defined (__MINGW32__)
 #define FUNCTION(x)	.globl EXT_C(x) ; .type EXT_C(x), "function" ; EXT_C(x):
 #define VARIABLE(x)	.globl EXT_C(x) ; .type EXT_C(x), "object" ; EXT_C(x):
 #else