diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 3f1f756..f016977 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 package gosseract
 
-// #if __FreeBSD__ >= 10
-// #cgo LDFLAGS: -L/usr/local/lib -llept -ltesseract -fopenmp
-// #else
-// #cgo CXXFLAGS: -std=c++0x
-// #cgo LDFLAGS: -llept -ltesseract
-// #cgo CPPFLAGS: -Wno-unused-result
-// #endif
 // #include <stdlib.h>
 // #include <stdbool.h>
 // #include "tessbridge.h"
diff --git a/preprocessflags_freebsd.go b/preprocessflags_freebsd.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..269dc1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/preprocessflags_freebsd.go
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package gosseract
+
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: -L/usr/local/lib -llept -ltesseract -fopenmp
+import "C"
diff --git a/preprocessflags_x.go b/preprocessflags_x.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c3b593
--- /dev/null
+++ b/preprocessflags_x.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package gosseract
+
+// #cgo CXXFLAGS: -std=c++0x
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: -llept -ltesseract
+// #cgo CPPFLAGS: -Wno-unused-result
+//
+// #ifdef __APPLE__
+//   #cgo LDFLAGS: -L/usr/local/lib -llept -ltesseract
+// #endif
+import "C"