diff --git a/modules/mysqlx/AMBuilder b/modules/mysqlx/AMBuilder
index e6f6659b..801c5b09 100644
--- a/modules/mysqlx/AMBuilder
+++ b/modules/mysqlx/AMBuilder
@@ -23,8 +23,11 @@ if AMXX.mysql_path:
       os.path.join(AMXX.mysql_path, 'lib', 'libmysqlclient_r.a'),
       '-lpthread',
       '-lm',
-      '-lrt',
     ]
+    if builder.target_platform is 'linux':
+      binary.compiler.linkflags += [
+        '-lrt'
+      ]
   elif builder.target_platform is 'windows':
     binary.compiler.linkflags += [
       os.path.join(AMXX.mysql_path, 'lib', 'mysqlclient.lib'),