diff --git a/Cantera/src/misc.cpp b/Cantera/src/misc.cpp
index 1f9bb5c1e..9016788d0 100755
--- a/Cantera/src/misc.cpp
+++ b/Cantera/src/misc.cpp
@@ -277,7 +277,8 @@ namespace Cantera {
 	//
 	// add a default data location for Mac OS X
 	//
-	dirs.push_back("/Applications/Cantera/Data");
+        if (DARWIN == 1)
+            dirs.push_back("/Applications/Cantera/Data");
 #endif
 
 	//