diff --git a/druntime/src/core/internal/gc/impl/conservative/gc.d b/druntime/src/core/internal/gc/impl/conservative/gc.d
index 591e0dc9dc87..322486e2082b 100644
--- a/druntime/src/core/internal/gc/impl/conservative/gc.d
+++ b/druntime/src/core/internal/gc/impl/conservative/gc.d
@@ -3495,30 +3495,10 @@ Lmark:
 
         __gshared bool fork_needs_lock = true; // racing condition with cocurrent calls of fork?
 
-        // The GC signals might be blocked by `fork` when the atfork prepare
-        // handler is invoked. This guards us from the scenario where we are
-        // waiting for a GC action in another thread to complete, and that thread
-        // decides to call thread_suspendAll, then we must be able to response to
-        // that request, otherwise we end up in a deadlock situation.
-        private static void unblockGCSignals() nothrow @nogc
-        {
-            import core.sys.posix.signal : pthread_sigmask, sigaddset, sigemptyset, sigset_t, SIG_UNBLOCK;
-
-            int suspendSignal = void, resumeSignal = void;
-            thread_getGCSignals(suspendSignal, resumeSignal);
-
-            sigset_t set;
-            sigemptyset(&set);
-            sigaddset(&set, suspendSignal);
-            sigaddset(&set, resumeSignal);
-
-            auto sigmask = pthread_sigmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &set, null);
-            assert(sigmask == 0, "failed to unblock GC signals");
-        }
-
         extern(C) static void _d_gcx_atfork_prepare()
         {
-            unblockGCSignals();
+            static if (__traits(compiles, os_unblock_gc_signals))
+                os_unblock_gc_signals();
 
             if (instance && fork_needs_lock)
                 ConservativeGC.lockNR();
diff --git a/druntime/src/core/internal/gc/os.d b/druntime/src/core/internal/gc/os.d
index 291aee535bc6..a301664d34be 100644
--- a/druntime/src/core/internal/gc/os.d
+++ b/druntime/src/core/internal/gc/os.d
@@ -85,6 +85,13 @@ else version (Posix)
         return ChildStatus.done;
     }
 
+    version (DragonFlyBSD)
+        version = GCSignalsUnblock;
+    version (FreeBSD)
+        version = GCSignalsUnblock;
+    version (Solaris)
+        version = GCSignalsUnblock;
+
     //version = GC_Use_Alloc_MMap;
 }
 else
@@ -315,3 +322,30 @@ else version (Posix)
         return pageSize * pages;
     }
 }
+
+/**
+   The GC signals might be blocked by `fork` when the atfork prepare
+   handler is invoked. This guards us from the scenario where we are
+   waiting for a GC action in another thread to complete, and that thread
+   decides to call thread_suspendAll, then we must be able to response to
+   that request, otherwise we end up in a deadlock situation.
+ */
+version (GCSignalsUnblock)
+{
+    void os_unblock_gc_signals() nothrow @nogc
+    {
+        import core.sys.posix.signal : pthread_sigmask, sigaddset, sigemptyset, sigset_t, SIG_UNBLOCK;
+        import core.thread : thread_getGCSignals;
+
+        int suspendSignal = void, resumeSignal = void;
+        thread_getGCSignals(suspendSignal, resumeSignal);
+
+        sigset_t set;
+        sigemptyset(&set);
+        sigaddset(&set, suspendSignal);
+        sigaddset(&set, resumeSignal);
+
+        auto sigmask = pthread_sigmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &set, null);
+        assert(sigmask == 0, "failed to unblock GC signals");
+    }
+}