diff --git a/legacy/eina/configure.ac b/legacy/eina/configure.ac
index 04c9da0fba..2f9d8063eb 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/eina/configure.ac
@@ -273,6 +273,9 @@ case "${host_os}" in
    mingw*)
       EINA_CFLAGS="${EINA_CFLAGS} ${EVIL_CFLAGS}"
    ;;
+   darwin*)
+      EINA_CFLAGS="${EINA_CFLAGS} -fnested-functions"
+   ;;
 esac
 
 if test "x$enable_coverage" = "xyes" ; then
diff --git a/legacy/eina/m4/ac_attribute.m4 b/legacy/eina/m4/ac_attribute.m4
index 34bb4dbf2f..053ea55008 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/m4/ac_attribute.m4
+++ b/legacy/eina/m4/ac_attribute.m4
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_C___ATTRIBUTE__],
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for __attribute__])
 
+dnl On mac os x, error of compilation without -fnested-functions
+case "${host_os}" in
+   darwin*)
+      CFLAGS_SAVE=${CFLAGS}
+      CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -fnested-functions"
+   ;;
+esac
+
 AC_CACHE_VAL([ac_cv___attribute__],
    [AC_TRY_COMPILE(
        [
@@ -34,6 +42,12 @@ int foo(int x __attribute__ ((unused)))
     )]
 )
 
+case "${host_os}" in
+   darwin*)
+      CFLAGS=${CFLAGS_SAVE}
+   ;;
+esac
+
 AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_cv___attribute__)
 
 if test "x${ac_cv___attribute__}" = "xyes" ; then