diff --git a/jdk/make/common/Defs-macosx.gmk b/jdk/make/common/Defs-macosx.gmk
index b3349db2711..951a18de90a 100644
--- a/jdk/make/common/Defs-macosx.gmk
+++ b/jdk/make/common/Defs-macosx.gmk
@@ -405,3 +405,11 @@ ifdef CROSS_COMPILE_ARCH
 endif
 
 LIB_LOCATION ?= $(LIBDIR)
+
+# Adding these macros will make it an error to link to mac APIs newer than OS version 10.7
+ifeq ($(MACOSX_REQUIRED_VERSION),)
+  MACOSX_REQUIRED_VERSION:=1070
+endif
+MACOSX_OS_VERSION_CFLAGS := -DMAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED=$(MACOSX_REQUIRED_VERSION) -DMAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED=$(MACOSX_REQUIRED_VERSION)
+OTHER_CFLAGS += $(MACOSX_OS_VERSION_CFLAGS)
+OTHER_CXXFLAGS += $(MACOSX_OS_VERSION_CFLAGS)