diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d08c0ce028..6f6f8e03f0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -467,6 +467,9 @@ Darwin)
   audio_possible_drivers="coreaudio sdl fmod"
   LDFLAGS="-framework CoreFoundation -framework IOKit $LDFLAGS"
   libs_softmmu="-F/System/Library/Frameworks -framework Cocoa -framework IOKit $libs_softmmu"
+  # Disable attempts to use ObjectiveC features in os/object.h since they
+  # won't work when we're compiling with gcc as a C compiler.
+  QEMU_CFLAGS="-DOS_OBJECT_USE_OBJC=0 $QEMU_CFLAGS"
 ;;
 SunOS)
   solaris="yes"