diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index 198ab1e58f..08933cba80 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),Darwin)
 	ifeq ($(shell test "`expr "$(uname_R)" : '\([0-9][0-9]*\)\.'`" -ge 11 && echo 1),1)
 		HAVE_GETDELIM = YesPlease
 	endif
+	ifeq ($(shell test "`expr "$(uname_R)" : '\([0-9][0-9]*\)\.'`" -ge 20 && echo 1),1)
+		OPEN_RETURNS_EINTR = UnfortunatelyYes
+	endif
 	NO_MEMMEM = YesPlease
 	USE_ST_TIMESPEC = YesPlease
 	HAVE_DEV_TTY = YesPlease