diff --git a/include/boost/process/v1/detail/posix/environment.hpp b/include/boost/process/v1/detail/posix/environment.hpp
index 6ddfc559..64bb6355 100644
--- a/include/boost/process/v1/detail/posix/environment.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/process/v1/detail/posix/environment.hpp
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public:
     using string_type = std::basic_string<char_type>;
     using native_handle_type = char_type **;
 
-    void reload() {this->_env_impl = ::environ;}
+    void reload() {this->_env_impl = environ;}
 
     string_type get(const pointer_type id) { return getenv(id); }
     void        set(const pointer_type id, const pointer_type value)
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public:
     native_environment_impl & operator=(native_environment_impl && ) = default;
     native_handle_type _env_impl = environ;
 
-    native_handle_type native_handle() const {return ::environ;}
+    native_handle_type native_handle() const {return environ;}
 };
 
 
diff --git a/include/boost/process/v1/detail/posix/executor.hpp b/include/boost/process/v1/detail/posix/executor.hpp
index cc1bcb6c..b462e41d 100644
--- a/include/boost/process/v1/detail/posix/executor.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/process/v1/detail/posix/executor.hpp
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ class executor
         prepare_cmd_style_fn = exe;
         if ((prepare_cmd_style_fn.find('/') == std::string::npos) && ::access(prepare_cmd_style_fn.c_str(), X_OK))
         {
-            const auto * e = ::environ;
+            const auto * e = environ;
             while ((e != nullptr) && (*e != nullptr) && !boost::starts_with(*e, "PATH="))
                 e++;
 
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ public:
     const char * exe      = nullptr;
     char *const* cmd_line = nullptr;
     bool cmd_style = false;
-    char **env      = ::environ;
+    char **env      = environ;
     pid_t pid = -1;
     std::shared_ptr<std::atomic<int>> exit_status = std::make_shared<std::atomic<int>>(still_active);
 
diff --git a/include/boost/process/v1/extend.hpp b/include/boost/process/v1/extend.hpp
index 18597222..cb7b05c7 100644
--- a/include/boost/process/v1/extend.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/process/v1/extend.hpp
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ struct posix_executor
      ///A pointer to the argument-vector.
      char *const* cmd_line = nullptr;
      ///A pointer to the environment variables, as default it is set to [environ](http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/xbd_chap08.html)
-     char **env      = ::environ;
+     char **env      = environ;
      ///The pid of the process - it will be -1 before invoking [fork](http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/fork.html), and after forking either 0 for the new process or a positive value if in the current process. */
      pid_t pid = -1;
      ///This shared-pointer holds the exit code. It's done this way, so it can be shared between an `asio::io_context` and \ref child.
diff --git a/include/boost/process/v2/detail/environment_posix.hpp b/include/boost/process/v2/detail/environment_posix.hpp
index 756432d6..becd9f3e 100644
--- a/include/boost/process/v2/detail/environment_posix.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/process/v2/detail/environment_posix.hpp
@@ -14,8 +14,13 @@
 #include <boost/process/v2/detail/config.hpp>
 #include <boost/process/v2/cstring_ref.hpp>
 
-#if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__MACH__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__sun)
-extern "C" { extern char **environ; }
+#if defined(__APPLE__)
+# include <crt_externs.h>
+# if !defined(environ)
+#  define environ (*_NSGetEnviron())
+# endif
+#elif defined(__MACH__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__sun)
+ extern "C" { extern char **environ; }
 #endif
 
 BOOST_PROCESS_V2_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/include/boost/process/v2/posix/default_launcher.hpp b/include/boost/process/v2/posix/default_launcher.hpp
index d17bda5e..fc826fea 100644
--- a/include/boost/process/v2/posix/default_launcher.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/process/v2/posix/default_launcher.hpp
@@ -30,9 +30,13 @@
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-
-#if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__MACH__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__sun)
-extern "C" { extern char **environ; }
+#if defined(__APPLE__)
+# include <crt_externs.h>
+# if !defined(environ)
+#  define environ (*_NSGetEnviron())
+# endif
+#elif defined(__MACH__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__sun)
+ extern "C" { extern char **environ; }
 #endif
 
 BOOST_PROCESS_V2_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
@@ -260,7 +264,7 @@ inline void on_exec_error(Launcher & launcher, const filesystem::path &executabl
 struct default_launcher
 {
     /// The pointer to the environment forwarded to the subprocess.
-    const char * const * env = ::environ;
+    const char * const * env = environ;
     /// The pid of the subprocess - will be assigned after fork.
     int pid = -1;
 
diff --git a/src/detail/environment_posix.cpp b/src/detail/environment_posix.cpp
index 7a791367..5c2f8126 100644
--- a/src/detail/environment_posix.cpp
+++ b/src/detail/environment_posix.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ void unset(basic_cstring_ref<char_type, key_char_traits<char_type>> key, error_c
 }
 
 
-native_handle_type load_native_handle() { return ::environ; }
+native_handle_type load_native_handle() { return environ; }
 
 
 native_iterator next(native_iterator nh)