diff --git a/asterisk.c b/asterisk.c
index 0da54a21b17b63c529a865a20d54463cb707f06f..40ddb3e33aa9d6137e0e2a02499f22f8354e00d1 100644
--- a/asterisk.c
+++ b/asterisk.c
@@ -2192,11 +2192,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 #endif /* __CYGWIN__ */
 
+#ifdef linux
 	if (geteuid() && ast_opt_dump_core) {
 		if (prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 1, 0, 0, 0) < 0) {
 			ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Unable to set the process for core dumps after changing to a non-root user. %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		}	
 	}
+#endif
 
 	term_init();
 	printf(term_end());