diff --git a/toml/exception.hpp b/toml/exception.hpp
index 927d791..1367948 100644
--- a/toml/exception.hpp
+++ b/toml/exception.hpp
@@ -37,13 +37,7 @@ inline std::string str_error(int errnum)
     {
         return std::string(buf.data());
     }
-#elif defined(_GNU_SOURCE)
-    constexpr std::size_t bufsize = 256;
-    std::array<char, bufsize> buf;
-    buf.fill('\0');
-    const char* result = strerror_r(errnum, buf.data(), bufsize);
-    return std::string(result);
-#elif (defined(_POSIX_C_SOURCE) && _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L) || (defined(_XOPEN_SOURCE) && _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600)
+#elif (defined(_POSIX_C_SOURCE) && _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L) || (defined(_XOPEN_SOURCE) && _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600)  || ( defined(__DARWIN_C_LEVEL) && __DARWIN_C_LEVEL >= 200112L ) // macos or POSIX
     constexpr std::size_t bufsize = 256;
     std::array<char, bufsize> buf;
     buf.fill('\0');
@@ -56,6 +50,12 @@ inline std::string str_error(int errnum)
     {
         return std::string(buf.data());
     }
+#elif defined(_GNU_SOURCE)
+    constexpr std::size_t bufsize = 256;
+    std::array<char, bufsize> buf;
+    buf.fill('\0');
+    const char* result = strerror_r(errnum, buf.data(), bufsize);
+    return std::string(result);
 #else // fallback
     return std::strerror(errnum);
 #endif