diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 6be16956c..a3798e704 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -109,3 +109,6 @@
 [submodule "externals/wepoll"]
 	path = externals/wepoll
 	url = https://github.com/piscisaureus/wepoll.git
+[submodule "externals/epoll-shim"]
+	path = externals/epoll-shim
+	url = https://github.com/jiixyj/epoll-shim.git
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c180cc061..877a9c6da 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ find_package(pugixml 1.14 CONFIG)
 find_package(libusb 1.0.27 MODULE)
 if (APPLE)
     find_package(date 3.0.1 CONFIG)
+    find_package(epoll-shim 3.14 CONFIG)
 endif()
 list(POP_BACK CMAKE_MODULE_PATH)
 
@@ -1175,7 +1176,7 @@ if (APPLE)
     endif()
 
     # Replacement for std::chrono::time_zone
-    target_link_libraries(shadps4 PRIVATE date::date-tz)
+    target_link_libraries(shadps4 PRIVATE date::date-tz epoll-shim)
 endif()
 
 if (ENABLE_QT_GUI)
diff --git a/externals/epoll-shim b/externals/epoll-shim
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..18159584b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/externals/epoll-shim
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 18159584bb3d17e601b9315a7398ace018251bdc
diff --git a/src/core/libraries/network/net_epoll.h b/src/core/libraries/network/net_epoll.h
index bd2117058..fdf2f00fb 100644
--- a/src/core/libraries/network/net_epoll.h
+++ b/src/core/libraries/network/net_epoll.h
@@ -14,16 +14,15 @@
 #include <wepoll/wepoll.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef __linux__
+#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__)
 #include <sys/epoll.h>
-#define epoll_close close
 #endif
 
 namespace Libraries::Net {
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 using epoll_handle = HANDLE;
-#elif defined(__linux__)
+#else
 using epoll_handle = int;
 #endif
 
@@ -42,7 +41,11 @@ struct Epoll {
 
     void Destroy() noexcept {
         events.clear();
+        #ifdef _WIN32
         epoll_close(epoll_fd);
+        #else
+        close(epoll_fd);
+        #endif
         epoll_fd = -1;
         name = nullptr;
         destroyed = true;