diff --git a/vcl/coretext/ctfonts.cxx b/vcl/coretext/ctfonts.cxx
index 626e7d2f5d67..19e325652857 100644
--- a/vcl/coretext/ctfonts.cxx
+++ b/vcl/coretext/ctfonts.cxx
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ int CTFontData::GetFontTable( const char pTagName[5], unsigned char* pResultBuf
     // get the raw table length
     CTFontDescriptorRef pFontDesc = reinterpret_cast<CTFontDescriptorRef>( GetFontId());
     CTFontRef rCTFont = CTFontCreateWithFontDescriptor( pFontDesc, 0.0, NULL);
-#ifdef MACOSX
+#if defined(MACOSX) && MACOSX_SDK_VERSION < 1080
     const uint32_t opts( kCTFontTableOptionExcludeSynthetic );
 #else
     const uint32_t opts( kCTFontTableOptionNoOptions );