diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 12faf7abaa8c96..0f9005a3bd9e9f 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -1649,7 +1649,7 @@ def configure_v8(o, configs):
   o['variables']['v8_enable_maglev'] = B(not options.v8_disable_maglev and
                                          o['variables']['target_arch'] in maglev_enabled_architectures)
   o['variables']['v8_enable_pointer_compression'] = 1 if options.enable_pointer_compression else 0
-  o['variables']['v8_enable_sandbox'] = 1 if options.enable_pointer_compression else 0
+  o['variables']['v8_enable_sandbox'] = 1 if options.enable_pointer_compression and flavor == 'mac' else 0
   o['variables']['v8_enable_31bit_smis_on_64bit_arch'] = 1 if options.enable_pointer_compression else 0
   o['variables']['v8_enable_shared_ro_heap'] = 0 if options.enable_pointer_compression or options.disable_shared_ro_heap else 1
   o['variables']['v8_enable_extensible_ro_snapshot'] = 0