diff --git a/mjit.c b/mjit.c
index d9277294bb..af8d3fc044 100644
--- a/mjit.c
+++ b/mjit.c
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ mjit_init(struct mjit_options *opts)
         mjit_opts.max_cache_size = MIN_CACHE_SIZE;
 
     if (mjit_opts.cc == MJIT_CC_DEFAULT) {
-#if defined(__MACH__)
+#if defined(__clang__)
         mjit_opts.cc = MJIT_CC_CLANG;
         verbose(2, "MJIT: CC defaults to clang");
 #else