diff --git a/osdep.h b/osdep.h
index 970d767078..6eb9a49ec8 100644
--- a/osdep.h
+++ b/osdep.h
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 # define QEMU_GNUC_PREREQ(maj, min) 0
 #endif
 
+int qemu_daemon(int nochdir, int noclose);
 void *qemu_memalign(size_t alignment, size_t size);
 void *qemu_vmalloc(size_t size);
 void qemu_vfree(void *ptr);
diff --git a/oslib-posix.c b/oslib-posix.c
index 7bc5f7cf09..3a18e865f3 100644
--- a/oslib-posix.c
+++ b/oslib-posix.c
@@ -26,11 +26,27 @@
  * THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
+/* The following block of code temporarily renames the daemon() function so the
+   compiler does not see the warning associated with it in stdlib.h on OSX */
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+#define daemon qemu_fake_daemon_function
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#undef daemon
+extern int daemon(int, int);
+#endif
+
 #include "config-host.h"
 #include "sysemu.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "qemu_socket.h"
 
+
+
+int qemu_daemon(int nochdir, int noclose)
+{
+    return daemon(nochdir, noclose);
+}
+
 void *qemu_oom_check(void *ptr)
 {
     if (ptr == NULL) {
diff --git a/qemu-nbd.c b/qemu-nbd.c
index 110d78e6a4..d91c02ce49 100644
--- a/qemu-nbd.c
+++ b/qemu-nbd.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
         if (!verbose) {
             /* detach client and server */
-            if (daemon(0, 0) == -1) {
+            if (qemu_daemon(0, 0) == -1) {
                 err(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to daemonize");
             }
         }