diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index a63fa94b30..a74e5c0226 100644
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
         ],
       }],
       ['OS=="mac"', {
+        'defines': ['_DARWIN_USE_64_BIT_INODE=1'],
         'xcode_settings': {
           'ALWAYS_SEARCH_USER_PATHS': 'NO',
           'GCC_CW_ASM_SYNTAX': 'NO',                # No -fasm-blocks