diff --git a/modules/bindings/src/tmalign/basic_fun.h b/modules/bindings/src/tmalign/basic_fun.h
index 57f000d08ad7b2d5a0d163d2da2dae7249db82a9..91785c96eccb7f32ac68e66bc4109c64ffcb2f7d 100644
--- a/modules/bindings/src/tmalign/basic_fun.h
+++ b/modules/bindings/src/tmalign/basic_fun.h
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 #include <math.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#ifndef __APPLE__
 #include <malloc.h>
+#endif
 
 #include <sstream>
 #include <iostream>