--- ../guile-1.8.1.orig/libguile/threads.c	2006-07-29 21:00:17.000000000 +0300
+++ ./libguile/threads.c	2006-12-26 12:37:51.000000000 +0200
@@ -571,14 +571,17 @@
 }
 
 #if SCM_USE_PTHREAD_THREADS
-/* pthread_getattr_np not available on MacOS X and Solaris 10. */
-#if HAVE_PTHREAD_ATTR_GETSTACK && HAVE_PTHREAD_GETATTR_NP
+/* pthread_getattr_np not available on Solaris 10. */
+#if (HAVE_PTHREAD_ATTR_GETSTACK && HAVE_PTHREAD_GETATTR_NP) || defined(__APPLE__)
 
 #define HAVE_GET_THREAD_STACK_BASE
 
 static SCM_STACKITEM *
 get_thread_stack_base ()
 {
+#if defined(__APPLE__)
+  return pthread_get_stackaddr_np (pthread_self ());
+#else /* !defined(__APPLE__) */
   pthread_attr_t attr;
   void *start, *end;
   size_t size;
@@ -604,6 +607,7 @@
       return end;
 #endif
     }
+#endif /* defined(__APPLE__) */
 }
 
 #endif /* HAVE_PTHREAD_ATTR_GETSTACK && HAVE_PTHREAD_GETATTR_NP */