diff --git a/srtcore/platform_sys.h b/srtcore/platform_sys.h
index 79760080e..cb5d0afd9 100644
--- a/srtcore/platform_sys.h
+++ b/srtcore/platform_sys.h
@@ -45,7 +45,15 @@
    #endif
 #else
 
-#if __APPLE__
+#if defined(__APPLE__) && __APPLE__
+// Warning: please keep this test as it is, do not make it
+// "#if __APPLE__" or "#ifdef __APPLE__". In applications with
+// a strict "no warning policy", "#if __APPLE__" triggers an "undef"
+// error. With GCC, an old & never fixed bug prevents muting this
+// warning (see https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53431).
+// Before this fix, the solution was to "#define __APPLE__ 0" before
+// including srt.h. So, don't use "#ifdef __APPLE__" either.
+
 // XXX Check if this condition doesn't require checking of
 // also other macros, like TARGET_OS_IOS etc.