diff --git a/internal/logger/syslog_darwin.go b/internal/logger/syslog_darwin.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..335cfb66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/logger/syslog_darwin.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+//go:build darwin
+
+package logger
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+)
+
+func newSysLog(_ string) (io.WriteCloser, error) {
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("unavailable on macOS")
+}
diff --git a/internal/logger/syslog_unix.go b/internal/logger/syslog_unix.go
index 5d4b1860..0b07040e 100644
--- a/internal/logger/syslog_unix.go
+++ b/internal/logger/syslog_unix.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//go:build !windows
+//go:build !windows && !darwin
 
 package logger
 
diff --git a/internal/logger/syslog_win.go b/internal/logger/syslog_win.go
index 380a84d5..7468d83e 100644
--- a/internal/logger/syslog_win.go
+++ b/internal/logger/syslog_win.go
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 )
 
-func newSysLog(prefix string) (io.WriteCloser, error) {
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("not implemented on windows")
+func newSysLog(_ string) (io.WriteCloser, error) {
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("unavailable on Windows")
 }