diff --git a/compiler_tests.py b/compiler_tests.py
index 76521cc8..fbfc09b5 100644
--- a/compiler_tests.py
+++ b/compiler_tests.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def compile_to_binary(source: str, memory: int, debug: bool) -> str:
         with open(os.path.join(dirname, "cli.c"), "r") as f:
             c_file.write(f.read())
     with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode="w", suffix=".out", delete=False) as out_file:
+        print(" ".join([*cc, *cflags, "-o", out_file.name, c_file.name]))
         subprocess.run([*cc, *cflags, "-o", out_file.name, c_file.name], check=True)
     return out_file.name
 
diff --git a/runtime.c b/runtime.c
index fc36f778..29af2a16 100644
--- a/runtime.c
+++ b/runtime.c
@@ -206,8 +206,16 @@ struct object* heap_tag(uintptr_t addr) {
 #undef __attribute__
 #endif
 
-extern char __start_const_heap[];
-extern char __stop_const_heap[];
+extern char __start_const_heap[]
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+__asm("section$start$__DATA$const_heap")
+#endif
+;
+extern char __stop_const_heap[]
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+__asm("section$end$__DATA$const_heap")
+#endif
+;
 
 bool in_const_heap(struct gc_obj* obj) {
   return (uword)obj >= (uword)__start_const_heap &&
@@ -861,7 +869,11 @@ struct object* println(struct object* obj) {
 
 // Put something in the const heap so that __start_const_heap and
 // __stop_const_heap are defined by the linker.
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+#define CONST_HEAP const __attribute__((section("__DATA,const_heap")))
+#else
 #define CONST_HEAP const __attribute__((section("const_heap")))
+#endif
 CONST_HEAP
 __attribute__((used)) struct heap_string private_unused_const_heap = {
     .HEAD.tag = TAG_STRING, .size = 11, .data = "hello world"};