diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 84ba583..63f5ae9 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 #include <mutex>
 #include <vector>
 #include <cstring>
+#if defined(__linux__)
 #include <sys/capability.h>
+#endif
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
@@ -435,6 +437,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 	}
 
+#if defined(__linux__)
 	cap_t caps = cap_get_proc();
 	if ( caps != nullptr )
 	{
@@ -478,6 +481,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	{
 		fprintf( stderr, "No CAP_SYS_NICE, falling back to regular-priority compute and threads.\nPerformance will be affected.\n" );
 	}
+#endif
 
 	setenv( "XWAYLAND_FORCE_ENABLE_EXTRA_MODES", "1", 1 );
 
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 704daba..401466e 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ wayland_server = dependency('wayland-server', version: '>=1.21')
 wayland_protos = dependency('wayland-protocols', version: '>=1.17')
 xkbcommon = dependency('xkbcommon')
 thread_dep = dependency('threads')
-cap_dep = dependency('libcap')
+cap_dep = dependency('libcap', required: false)
 sdl_dep = dependency('SDL2')
 
 stb_dep = dependency('stb')