diff --git a/contrib/rocksdb-cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/rocksdb-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 7e5e9a28d0f..44aa7494607 100644
--- a/contrib/rocksdb-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/rocksdb-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ option(WITH_LZ4 "build with lz4" ON)
 option(WITH_ZLIB "build with zlib" ON)
 option(WITH_ZSTD "build with zstd" ON)
 
-if (ENABLE_JEMALLOC)
+if (ENABLE_JEMALLOC AND OS_LINUX) # gives compile errors with jemalloc enabled for rocksdb on non-Linux
   add_definitions(-DROCKSDB_JEMALLOC -DJEMALLOC_NO_DEMANGLE)
   list (APPEND THIRDPARTY_LIBS ch_contrib::jemalloc)
 endif ()