diff --git a/src/plugins/auth-pam/auth-pam.c b/src/plugins/auth-pam/auth-pam.c
index 3be647e9..33492e9c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/auth-pam/auth-pam.c
+++ b/src/plugins/auth-pam/auth-pam.c
@@ -214,10 +214,17 @@ daemonize(const char *envp[])
         {
             fd = dup(2);
         }
+#if defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__clang__)
+#pragma clang diagnostic push
+#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
+#endif
         if (daemon(0, 0) < 0)
         {
             plugin_log(PLOG_ERR|PLOG_ERRNO, MODULE, "daemonization failed");
         }
+#if defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__clang__)
+#pragma clang diagnostic pop
+#endif
         else if (fd >= 3)
         {
             dup2(fd, 2);