diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/port.h b/src/core/lib/iomgr/port.h
index f1897bb91f2..94a454c0b7c 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/port.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/port.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #if defined(GRPC_UV)
 // Do nothing
 #elif defined(GPR_MANYLINUX1)
+#define GRPC_HAVE_IFADDRS 1
 #define GRPC_HAVE_IPV6_RECVPKTINFO 1
 #define GRPC_HAVE_IP_PKTINFO 1
 #define GRPC_HAVE_MSG_NOSIGNAL 1
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@
 #define GRPC_POSIX_WAKEUP_FD 1
 #define GRPC_TIMER_USE_GENERIC 1
 #elif defined(GPR_LINUX)
+#define GRPC_HAVE_IFADDRS 1
 #define GRPC_HAVE_IPV6_RECVPKTINFO 1
 #define GRPC_HAVE_IP_PKTINFO 1
 #define GRPC_HAVE_MSG_NOSIGNAL 1
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@
 #define GRPC_POSIX_SOCKETUTILS
 #endif
 #elif defined(GPR_APPLE)
+#define GRPC_HAVE_IFADDRS 1
 #define GRPC_HAVE_SO_NOSIGPIPE 1
 #define GRPC_HAVE_UNIX_SOCKET 1
 #define GRPC_MSG_IOVLEN_TYPE int
@@ -100,6 +103,7 @@
 #define GRPC_POSIX_WAKEUP_FD 1
 #define GRPC_TIMER_USE_GENERIC 1
 #elif defined(GPR_FREEBSD)
+#define GRPC_HAVE_IFADDRS 1
 #define GRPC_HAVE_IPV6_RECVPKTINFO 1
 #define GRPC_HAVE_SO_NOSIGPIPE 1
 #define GRPC_HAVE_UNIX_SOCKET 1
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_server_posix.c b/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_server_posix.c
index 5f286a6723c..7cc44fabe7e 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_server_posix.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_server_posix.c
@@ -42,9 +42,12 @@
 
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_server.h"
 
+#ifdef GRPC_HAVE_IFADDRS
+#include <ifaddrs.h>
+#endif /* GRPC_HAVE_IFADDRS */
+
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#include <ifaddrs.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <netinet/tcp.h>
@@ -598,6 +601,7 @@ static grpc_error *add_all_local_addrs_to_server(grpc_tcp_server *s,
                                                  unsigned port_index,
                                                  int requested_port,
                                                  int *out_port) {
+#ifdef GRPC_HAVE_IFADDRS
   struct ifaddrs *ifa = NULL;
   struct ifaddrs *ifa_it;
   unsigned fd_index = 0;
@@ -685,6 +689,9 @@ static grpc_error *add_all_local_addrs_to_server(grpc_tcp_server *s,
     *out_port = sp->port;
     return GRPC_ERROR_NONE;
   }
+#else  /* GRPC_HAVE_IFADDRS */
+  return GRPC_ERROR_NONE;
+#endif /* GRPC_HAVE_IFADDRS */
 }
 
 /* Treat :: or 0.0.0.0 as a family-agnostic wildcard. */