diff --git a/include/fmt/os.h b/include/fmt/os.h
index 2b517cd4..462ac44d 100644
--- a/include/fmt/os.h
+++ b/include/fmt/os.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 
 // Calls to system functions are wrapped in FMT_SYSTEM for testability.
 #ifdef FMT_SYSTEM
+#  define FMT_HAS_SYSTEM
 #  define FMT_POSIX_CALL(call) FMT_SYSTEM(call)
 #else
 #  define FMT_SYSTEM(call) ::call
diff --git a/src/os.cc b/src/os.cc
index bca410e9..a639e78c 100644
--- a/src/os.cc
+++ b/src/os.cc
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 #  include <sys/stat.h>
 #  include <sys/types.h>
 
-#  ifdef _WRS_KERNEL   // VxWorks7 kernel
-#    include <ioLib.h> // getpagesize
+#  ifdef _WRS_KERNEL    // VxWorks7 kernel
+#    include <ioLib.h>  // getpagesize
 #  endif
 
 #  ifndef _WIN32
@@ -182,10 +182,14 @@ void buffered_file::close() {
 }
 
 int buffered_file::descriptor() const {
-#ifdef fileno  // fileno is a macro on OpenBSD so we cannot use FMT_POSIX_CALL.
-  int fd = fileno(file_);
-#else
+#if !defined(fileno)
   int fd = FMT_POSIX_CALL(fileno(file_));
+#elif defined(FMT_HAS_SYSTEM)
+  // fileno is a macro on OpenBSD so we cannot use FMT_POSIX_CALL.
+#  define FMT_DISABLE_MACRO
+  int fd = FMT_SYSTEM(fileno FMT_DISABLE_MACRO(file_));
+#else
+  int fd = fileno(file_);
 #endif
   if (fd == -1)
     FMT_THROW(system_error(errno, FMT_STRING("cannot get file descriptor")));