diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/checks.yaml
index 905b1a16f..09c111162 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yaml
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ jobs:
             os: ubuntu-latest
             features: ""
             target: "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
-          # - rust: "stable"
-          #   os: macos-latest
-          #   features: ""
-          #   target: "x86_64-apple-darwin"
-          # - rust: "stable"
-          #   os: macos-14
-          #   features: ""
-          #   target: "aarch64-apple-darwin"
+          - rust: "stable"
+            os: macos-latest
+            features: ""
+            target: "x86_64-apple-darwin"
+          - rust: "stable"
+            os: macos-14
+            features: ""
+            target: "aarch64-apple-darwin"
           # - rust: stable-x86_64-gnu
           #   os: windows-2022
           #   features: ""
diff --git a/bzip2.rs b/bzip2.rs
index 23ecc1e7c..86566f153 100644
--- a/bzip2.rs
+++ b/bzip2.rs
@@ -16,12 +16,24 @@ use libbzip2_rs_sys::{
 use libc::{
     _exit, close, exit, fclose, fdopen, ferror, fflush, fgetc, fileno, fopen, fread, fwrite, open,
     perror, remove, rewind, signal, stat, strcat, strcmp, strlen, strncpy, ungetc, utimbuf, write,
-    FILE,
+    FILE, O_CREAT, O_EXCL, O_WRONLY, S_IRUSR, S_IWUSR,
 };
+
+// FIXME remove this
 extern "C" {
+    #[cfg(all(target_os = "linux", target_env = "gnu"))]
     static mut stdin: *mut FILE;
+    #[cfg(all(target_os = "linux", target_env = "gnu"))]
+    static mut stdout: *mut FILE;
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+    #[link_name = "__stdinp"]
+    static mut stdin: *mut FILE;
+    #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+    #[link_name = "__stdoutp"]
     static mut stdout: *mut FILE;
 }
+
 type Bool = libc::c_uchar;
 
 type IntNative = libc::c_int;
@@ -907,8 +919,8 @@ unsafe fn fileExists(name: *mut c_char) -> Bool {
 unsafe fn fopen_output_safely(name: *mut c_char, mode: *const libc::c_char) -> *mut FILE {
     let fh = open(
         name,
-        0o1 as libc::c_int | 0o100 as libc::c_int | 0o200 as libc::c_int,
-        0o200 as libc::c_int | 0o400 as libc::c_int,
+        O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_EXCL,
+        S_IWUSR as libc::c_uint | S_IRUSR as libc::c_uint,
     );
     if fh == -1 as libc::c_int {
         return std::ptr::null_mut::<FILE>();
@@ -971,13 +983,13 @@ unsafe fn countHardLinks(name: *mut c_char) -> i32 {
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
 fn count_hardlinks(path: &Path) -> u64 {
-    use std::os::linux::fs::MetadataExt;
+    use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
 
     let Ok(metadata) = path.metadata() else {
         return 0;
     };
 
-    metadata.st_nlink().saturating_sub(1)
+    metadata.nlink().saturating_sub(1)
 }
 
 #[cfg(not(unix))]
diff --git a/bzip2recover.rs b/bzip2recover.rs
index 36b6a8e50..528ab8e96 100644
--- a/bzip2recover.rs
+++ b/bzip2recover.rs
@@ -343,7 +343,8 @@ fn main_help(program_name: &Path, in_filename: &Path) -> Result<(), Error> {
             options.write(true).create(true);
 
             #[cfg(unix)]
-            options.mode(libc::S_IWUSR | libc::S_IRUSR);
+            #[allow(clippy::unnecessary_cast)]
+            options.mode(libc::S_IWUSR as u32 | libc::S_IRUSR as u32);
 
             #[cfg(unix)]
             options.custom_flags(libc::O_EXCL);
diff --git a/bzlib.rs b/bzlib.rs
index 1b0887415..7c71945c0 100644
--- a/bzlib.rs
+++ b/bzlib.rs
@@ -10,9 +10,19 @@ use crate::decompress::{self, decompress};
 use crate::libbzip2_rs_sys_version;
 use crate::BZ_MAX_UNUSED;
 
+// FIXME remove this
 extern "C" {
-    static stdin: *mut FILE;
-    static stdout: *mut FILE;
+    #[cfg(all(target_os = "linux", target_env = "gnu"))]
+    static mut stdin: *mut FILE;
+    #[cfg(all(target_os = "linux", target_env = "gnu"))]
+    static mut stdout: *mut FILE;
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+    #[link_name = "__stdinp"]
+    static mut stdin: *mut FILE;
+    #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+    #[link_name = "__stdoutp"]
+    static mut stdout: *mut FILE;
 }
 
 pub(crate) const BZ_MAX_ALPHA_SIZE: usize = 258;
diff --git a/tests/quick.rs b/tests/quick.rs
index 683076478..2d2205de1 100644
--- a/tests/quick.rs
+++ b/tests/quick.rs
@@ -1594,6 +1594,8 @@ mod compress_command {
     #[test]
     #[cfg(unix)]
     fn io_error() {
+        use std::os::fd::FromRawFd;
+
         let mut cmd = command();
 
         let tmpdir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
@@ -1601,22 +1603,24 @@ mod compress_command {
         let sample1_ref = tmpdir.path().join("sample1.ref");
         std::fs::copy("tests/input/quick/sample1.ref", &sample1_ref).unwrap();
 
-        let (master, tty) = unsafe { setup_custom_tty() };
-
-        // dropping here triggers an IO error down the line
-        drop(master);
+        let mut pair = [0; 2];
+        unsafe {
+            assert_eq!(libc::pipe(&mut pair as *mut [i32; 2] as *mut i32), 0);
+            // closing the read side here triggers an IO error down the line
+            assert_eq!(libc::close(pair[0]), 0);
+        }
 
         expect_failure!(
             cmd.arg("-z")
                 .arg("-c")
                 .arg("-k")
                 .arg(&sample1_ref)
-                .stdout(tty),
+                .stdout(unsafe { Stdio::from_raw_fd(pair[1]) }),
             format!(
                 concat!(
                     "\n",
                     "bzip2: I/O or other error, bailing out.  Possible reason follows.\n",
-                    "bzip2: Input/output error\n",
+                    "bzip2: Broken pipe\n",
                     "\tInput file = {in_file}, output file = (stdout)\n",
                     ""
                 ),