diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu-impl.h b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu-impl.h
index 799e2b1187204..713bf85e5a832 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu-impl.h
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu-impl.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ struct ggml_compute_params {
 #endif  // __VXE2__
 #endif  // __s390x__ && __VEC__
 
-#if defined(__ARM_FEATURE_SVE)
+#if defined(__ARM_FEATURE_SVE) && defined(__linux__)
 #include <sys/prctl.h>
 #endif
 
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.c b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.c
index eded6eb77ed69..ba2a36d999128 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.c
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.c
@@ -689,8 +689,13 @@ bool ggml_is_numa(void) {
 #endif
 
 static void ggml_init_arm_arch_features(void) {
-#if defined(__linux__) && defined(__aarch64__) && defined(__ARM_FEATURE_SVE)
+#if defined(__aarch64__) && defined(__ARM_FEATURE_SVE)
+#if defined(__linux__)
     ggml_arm_arch_features.sve_cnt = PR_SVE_VL_LEN_MASK & prctl(PR_SVE_GET_VL);
+#else
+    // TODO: add support of SVE for non-linux systems
+#error "TODO: SVE is not supported on this platform. To use SVE, sve_cnt needs to be initialized here."
+#endif
 #endif
 }