diff --git a/numpy/core/src/common/npy_cpu_features.c.src b/numpy/core/src/common/npy_cpu_features.c.src
index ff4f9f60ab7b..602eda57ad74 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/common/npy_cpu_features.c.src
+++ b/numpy/core/src/common/npy_cpu_features.c.src
@@ -579,7 +579,9 @@ npy__cpu_init_features_arm8(void)
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "npy_cpuinfo_parser.h"
 
+#if defined(__linux__)
 __attribute__((weak)) unsigned long getauxval(unsigned long); // linker should handle it
+#endif
 #ifdef __FreeBSD__
 __attribute__((weak)) int elf_aux_info(int, void *, int); // linker should handle it