diff --git a/src/local-link.h b/src/local-link.h
index 7e9053b..a05d5ed 100644
--- a/src/local-link.h
+++ b/src/local-link.h
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@
 #define libbsd_link_warning(symbol, msg)
 #endif
 
+#if defined(__APPLE__)
+#define libbsd_strong_alias(alias, symbol) \
+	__asm__(".globl _" #alias); \
+	__asm__(".set _" #alias ", _" #symbol); \
+	extern __typeof(symbol) alias
+#elif !defined(_MSC_VER)
+#define libbsd_strong_alias(alias, symbol) \
+	extern __typeof__(symbol) alias __attribute__((__alias__(#symbol)))
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __ELF__
 #  if __has_attribute(symver)
 /* The symver attribute is supported since gcc 10.x. */
@@ -64,7 +74,7 @@
 #  endif
 #else
 #define libbsd_symver_default(alias, symbol, version) \
-	extern __typeof__(symbol) alias __attribute__((__alias__(#symbol)))
+	libbsd_strong_alias(alias, symbol)
 
 #define libbsd_symver_variant(alias, symbol, version)
 
diff --git a/src/setproctitle.c b/src/setproctitle.c
index 64ff92a..3aff064 100644
--- a/src/setproctitle.c
+++ b/src/setproctitle.c
@@ -295,10 +295,8 @@ libbsd_symver_default(setproctitle, setproctitle_impl, LIBBSD_0.5);
  * in 0.5, make the implementation available in the old version as an alias
  * for code linking against that version, and change the default to use the
  * new version, so that new code depends on the implemented version. */
-#ifdef HAVE_TYPEOF
-extern __typeof__(setproctitle_impl)
-setproctitle_stub
-	__attribute__((__alias__("setproctitle_impl")));
+#if defined(libbsd_strong_alias)
+libbsd_strong_alias(setproctitle_stub, setproctitle_impl);
 #else
 void
 setproctitle_stub(const char *fmt, ...)