diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/semaphore_base.h b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/semaphore_base.h
index 9d73b37e60a161fd647bcc8dc8d90dbf0eae785b..dd16d2c92498a4e05960ca84bcfb723700911ffd 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/semaphore_base.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/semaphore_base.h
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
 # include <cerrno>	// errno, EINTR, EAGAIN etc.
 # include <limits.h>	// SEM_VALUE_MAX
 # include <semaphore.h>	// sem_t, sem_init, sem_wait, sem_post etc.
+#elif defined(_GLIBCXX_USE_POSIX_SEMAPHORE)
+# warning "POSIX semaphore not available, ignoring _GLIBCXX_USE_POSIX_SEMAPHORE"
+# undef _GLIBCXX_USE_POSIX_SEMAPHORE
 #endif
 
 namespace std _GLIBCXX_VISIBILITY(default)
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/30_threads/semaphore/platform_try_acquire_for.cc b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/30_threads/semaphore/platform_try_acquire_for.cc
index bf6cd142bf01e5d457ce5db6a8e339128cfd3984..6d90564ea8acb22b5c7c10f0be8fe9e5453fecaf 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/30_threads/semaphore/platform_try_acquire_for.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/30_threads/semaphore/platform_try_acquire_for.cc
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@
 // { dg-add-options libatomic }
 
 #include "try_acquire_for.cc"
+
+// { dg-prune-output "ignoring _GLIBCXX_USE_POSIX_SEMAPHORE" }