diff --git a/src/goto-cc/hybrid_binary.cpp b/src/goto-cc/hybrid_binary.cpp
index d169aa6c0b7..4924e3d4903 100644
--- a/src/goto-cc/hybrid_binary.cpp
+++ b/src/goto-cc/hybrid_binary.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ int hybrid_binary(
 
   int result;
 
-#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__)
+#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__) || defined(__OpenBSD__)
   // we can use objcopy for both object files and executables
   (void)building_executable;