diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 85f1036e01..420e3c4b2b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -524,7 +524,10 @@ install.libseccomp.sudo:
 
 
 cmd/podman/varlink/iopodman.go: .gopathok cmd/podman/varlink/io.podman.varlink
+ifeq ("$(shell uname -o)", "GNU/Linux")
+	# Only generate the varlink code on Linux (see issue #4814).
 	GO111MODULE=off $(GO) generate ./cmd/podman/varlink/...
+endif
 
 API.md: cmd/podman/varlink/io.podman.varlink
 	$(GO) generate ./docs/...