1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/loslib.c b/loslib.c
index 854dcf69..89ac06bc 100644
--- a/loslib.c
+++ b/loslib.c
@@ -138,12 +138,21 @@
 /* }================================================================== */
 
 
+#if !defined(l_system)
+#if defined(LUA_USE_IOS)
+/* Despite claiming to be ISO C, iOS does not implement 'system'. */
+#define l_system(cmd) ((cmd) == NULL ? 0 : -1)
+#else
+#define l_system(cmd)   system(cmd)  /* default definition */
+#endif
+#endif
+
 
 static int os_execute (lua_State *L) {
   const char *cmd = luaL_optstring(L, 1, NULL);
   int stat;
   errno = 0;
-  stat = system(cmd);
+  stat = l_system(cmd);
   if (cmd != NULL)
     return luaL_execresult(L, stat);
   else {