diff --git a/src/Filesystem_TEST.cc b/src/Filesystem_TEST.cc
index a1359fa6..4f048109 100644
--- a/src/Filesystem_TEST.cc
+++ b/src/Filesystem_TEST.cc
@@ -640,5 +640,9 @@ TEST_F(FilesystemTest, separator)
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////
 TEST_F(FilesystemTest, empty)
 {
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+  EXPECT_EQ(common::absPath(""), gz::common::cwd());
+#else
   EXPECT_EQ(common::absPath(""), "");
+#endif
 }