diff --git a/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt b/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt
index 4e1e4c05ef..d8cc33bfe6 100644
--- a/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/git-version.cmake)
 
 # Check for a sufficient compiler and set build options
 include(ConfigureCompiler)
+include(CheckFunctionExists)
 
 set(ADDITIONAL_LIBS "")
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "Linux")
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/CMakeLists.txt b/rpcs3/Emu/CMakeLists.txt
index bfd6c0319f..d6c669fc2a 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -505,6 +505,13 @@ target_link_libraries(rpcs3_emu
         3rdparty::span 3rdparty::xxhash
 )
 
+if(APPLE)
+    check_function_exists(clock_gettime HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME)
+    if (${HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME})
+	    target_compile_definitions(rpcs3_emu PUBLIC -DHAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME)
+    endif()
+endif()
+
 
 if(USE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS)
     if(COMMAND target_precompile_headers)
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_time.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_time.cpp
index 2302406ac1..4e60536912 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_time.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_time.cpp
@@ -44,13 +44,12 @@ const auto s_time_aux_info = []() -> time_aux_info_t
 #elif __APPLE__
 
 // XXX only supports a single timer
+#if !defined(HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME)
 #define TIMER_ABSTIME -1
 // The opengroup spec isn't clear on the mapping from REALTIME to CALENDAR being appropriate or not.
 // http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695299/basedefs/time.h.html
-#ifndef CLOCK_REALTIME
 #define CLOCK_REALTIME  1 // #define CALENDAR_CLOCK 1 from mach/clock_types.h
 #define CLOCK_MONOTONIC 0 // #define SYSTEM_CLOCK 0
-#endif
 
 // the mach kernel uses struct mach_timespec, so struct timespec is loaded from <sys/_types/_timespec.h> for compatability
 // struct timespec { time_t tv_sec; long tv_nsec; };
@@ -103,6 +102,7 @@ static int clock_gettime(int clk_id, struct timespec* tp)
 
 	return retval;
 }
+#endif
 
 #endif