diff --git a/dune/istl/test/matrixtest.cc b/dune/istl/test/matrixtest.cc
index 778f4a4e1dd2b4841e575fbe18ed5ed539b69179..fa577510d7ffdb122ed3979fa8a2231f101e1e4e 100644
--- a/dune/istl/test/matrixtest.cc
+++ b/dune/istl/test/matrixtest.cc
@@ -281,7 +281,11 @@ void testSolve(const MatrixType& matrix)
 
 int main()
 {
+
+  // feenableexcept does not exist on OS X
+#ifndef __APPLE__
   feenableexcept(FE_INVALID);
+#endif
 
   // ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   //   Test the Matrix class -- a scalar dense dynamic matrix