diff --git a/numpy/core/src/common/npy_cpu_features.c.src b/numpy/core/src/common/npy_cpu_features.c.src
index a2383c45f61d..0bdc046b7fad 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/common/npy_cpu_features.c.src
+++ b/numpy/core/src/common/npy_cpu_features.c.src
@@ -530,7 +530,9 @@ 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