diff --git a/ci/build_container/build_recipes/gperftools.sh b/ci/build_container/build_recipes/gperftools.sh
index 47444293bade4..3f41a07322ba2 100755
--- a/ci/build_container/build_recipes/gperftools.sh
+++ b/ci/build_container/build_recipes/gperftools.sh
@@ -7,5 +7,12 @@ VERSION=2.6.1
 wget -O gperftools-$VERSION.tar.gz https://github.com/gperftools/gperftools/releases/download/gperftools-$VERSION/gperftools-$VERSION.tar.gz
 tar xf gperftools-$VERSION.tar.gz
 cd gperftools-$VERSION
+
+# TODO(zuercher): Remove this workaround for https://github.com/gperftools/gperftools/issues/910
+if [[ `uname` == "Darwin" ]];
+then
+  export CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE"
+fi
+
 LDFLAGS="-lpthread" ./configure --prefix=$THIRDPARTY_BUILD --enable-shared=no --enable-frame-pointers --disable-libunwind
 make V=1 install