diff --git a/Zend/zend_execute_API.c b/Zend/zend_execute_API.c
index d2198ba2d1186..b2bcbc7e20c1b 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_execute_API.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_execute_API.c
@@ -1544,7 +1544,7 @@ static void zend_set_timeout_ex(zend_long seconds, bool reset_signals) /* {{{ */
 			t_r.it_value.tv_sec = seconds;
 			t_r.it_value.tv_usec = t_r.it_interval.tv_sec = t_r.it_interval.tv_usec = 0;
 
-# if defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__PASE__)
+# if defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__PASE__) || defined(__APPLE__)
 			setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, &t_r, NULL);
 		}
 		signo = SIGALRM;
diff --git a/Zend/zend_signal.c b/Zend/zend_signal.c
index f6ca3f40a3e57..bd14f54dc6db0 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_signal.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_signal.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ ZEND_API zend_signal_globals_t zend_signal_globals;
 static void zend_signal_handler(int signo, siginfo_t *siginfo, void *context);
 static zend_result zend_signal_register(int signo, void (*handler)(int, siginfo_t*, void*));
 
-#if defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__PASE__)
+#if defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__PASE__) || defined(__APPLE__)
 /* Matches zend_execute_API.c; these platforms don't support ITIMER_PROF. */
 #define TIMEOUT_SIG SIGALRM
 #else