diff --git a/docs/CREDITS b/docs/CREDITS
index 3a6fcb83b9..86e009c8a8 100644
--- a/docs/CREDITS
+++ b/docs/CREDITS
@@ -711,6 +711,7 @@ Fabrice Bellard
 Selami Dinçer
 Matej Golian
 James Le Cuirot
+Michael Landherr
 
 The libmad team
 The wavpack team
diff --git a/firmware/export/config.h b/firmware/export/config.h
index 5cb89ed15a..2519b87f0d 100644
--- a/firmware/export/config.h
+++ b/firmware/export/config.h
@@ -1078,8 +1078,16 @@ Lyre prototype 1 */
  * only while main() runs), otherwise things may go wild,
  * from crashes to freezes to exploding daps.
  */
-#define INIT_ATTR       __attribute__ ((section(".init")))
-#define INITDATA_ATTR   __attribute__ ((section(".initdata")))
+
+
+#if defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__)
+    #define INIT_ATTR __attribute__((section ("__INIT,.init")))
+    #define INITDATA_ATTR __attribute__((section ("__INITDATA,.initdata")))
+#else
+    #define INIT_ATTR       __attribute__ ((section(".init")))
+    #define INITDATA_ATTR   __attribute__ ((section(".initdata")))
+#endif
+
 #define HAVE_INIT_ATTR
 #else
 #define INIT_ATTR