diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3024e4b9b65..ef31ccbd86c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3204,4 +3204,11 @@ AC_OUTPUT
 # The configure args contain '-Wl,-rpath,\$$ORIGIN`, when it falls
 # as a C literal string, it's invalid, so converting `\` to `\\`
 # to be correct for C program.
-sed -i '/define CONFIGURE_ARGS/s,\([[^\\]]\)\\\$\$,\1\\\\$$,g' src/include/pg_config.h
+case $build_os in
+darwin*)
+  sed -i '' '/define CONFIGURE_ARGS/s,\([[^\\]]\)\\\$\$,\1\\\\$$,g' src/include/pg_config.h
+  ;;
+*)
+  sed -i '/define CONFIGURE_ARGS/s,\([[^\\]]\)\\\$\$,\1\\\\$$,g' src/include/pg_config.h
+  ;;
+esac