diff --git a/include/toml++/impl/parser.inl b/include/toml++/impl/parser.inl
index 29bc8cf..f6dfd04 100644
--- a/include/toml++/impl/parser.inl
+++ b/include/toml++/impl/parser.inl
@@ -278,6 +278,12 @@ TOML_ANON_NAMESPACE_START
 	}                                                                                                                  \
 	while (false)
 
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __APPLE__ // because, honestly, what the fuck mac OS??
+#define TOML_OVERALIGNED
+#else
+#define TOML_OVERALIGNED alignas(32)
 #endif
 
 	template <typename T>
@@ -297,7 +303,7 @@ TOML_ANON_NAMESPACE_START
 
 		struct codepoints_t
 		{
-			alignas(32) utf8_codepoint buffer[block_capacity];
+			TOML_OVERALIGNED utf8_codepoint buffer[block_capacity];
 			size_t current;
 			size_t count;
 		} codepoints_;
@@ -312,7 +318,7 @@ TOML_ANON_NAMESPACE_START
 		{
 			TOML_ASSERT(stream_);
 
-			alignas(32) char raw_bytes[block_capacity];
+			TOML_OVERALIGNED char raw_bytes[block_capacity];
 			size_t raw_bytes_read;
 
 			// read the next raw (encoded) block in from the stream
@@ -3693,7 +3699,7 @@ TOML_ANON_NAMESPACE_START
 
 		// open file with a custom-sized stack buffer
 		std::ifstream file;
-		alignas(32) char file_buffer[sizeof(void*) * 1024u];
+		TOML_OVERALIGNED char file_buffer[sizeof(void*) * 1024u];
 		file.rdbuf()->pubsetbuf(file_buffer, sizeof(file_buffer));
 		file.open(file_path_str, std::ifstream::in | std::ifstream::binary | std::ifstream::ate);
 		if (!file.is_open())
@@ -3819,5 +3825,6 @@ TOML_NAMESPACE_START
 }
 TOML_NAMESPACE_END;
 
+#undef TOML_OVERALIGNED
 #include "header_end.h"
 #endif // TOML_ENABLE_PARSER
diff --git a/toml.hpp b/toml.hpp
index a9a5d33..38f0b90 100644
--- a/toml.hpp
+++ b/toml.hpp
@@ -10758,6 +10758,12 @@ TOML_ANON_NAMESPACE_START
 	}                                                                                                                  \
 	while (false)
 
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __APPLE__ // because, honestly, what the fuck mac OS??
+#define TOML_OVERALIGNED
+#else
+#define TOML_OVERALIGNED alignas(32)
 #endif
 
 	template <typename T>
@@ -10777,7 +10783,7 @@ TOML_ANON_NAMESPACE_START
 
 		struct codepoints_t
 		{
-			alignas(32) utf8_codepoint buffer[block_capacity];
+			TOML_OVERALIGNED utf8_codepoint buffer[block_capacity];
 			size_t current;
 			size_t count;
 		} codepoints_;
@@ -10792,7 +10798,7 @@ TOML_ANON_NAMESPACE_START
 		{
 			TOML_ASSERT(stream_);
 
-			alignas(32) char raw_bytes[block_capacity];
+			TOML_OVERALIGNED char raw_bytes[block_capacity];
 			size_t raw_bytes_read;
 
 			// read the next raw (encoded) block in from the stream
@@ -14163,7 +14169,7 @@ TOML_ANON_NAMESPACE_START
 
 		// open file with a custom-sized stack buffer
 		std::ifstream file;
-		alignas(32) char file_buffer[sizeof(void*) * 1024u];
+		TOML_OVERALIGNED char file_buffer[sizeof(void*) * 1024u];
 		file.rdbuf()->pubsetbuf(file_buffer, sizeof(file_buffer));
 		file.open(file_path_str, std::ifstream::in | std::ifstream::binary | std::ifstream::ate);
 		if (!file.is_open())
@@ -14289,6 +14295,8 @@ TOML_NAMESPACE_START
 }
 TOML_NAMESPACE_END;
 
+#undef TOML_OVERALIGNED
+
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #pragma pop_macro("min")
 #pragma pop_macro("max")