diff -r 887fde71977e -r e877cb3eb4d6 common/autoconf/toolchain.m4
--- a/common/autoconf/toolchain.m4	Thu Feb 21 15:25:31 2013 -0400
+++ b/common/autoconf/toolchain.m4	Fri Feb 22 13:09:37 2013 -0400
@@ -876,6 +876,10 @@
 fi
 if test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_OS" = xmacosx; then
     CCXXFLAGS_JDK="$CCXXFLAGS_JDK -DMACOSX -D_ALLBSD_SOURCE"
+    # Adding these macros will make it an error to link to mac APIs newer than OS version 10.7
+    MACOSX_REQUIRED_VERSION=1070
+    AC_SUBST(MACOSX_REQUIRED_VERSION)
+    CCXXFLAGS_JDK="$CCXXFLAGS_JDK -DMAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED=\$(MACOSX_REQUIRED_VERSION) -DMAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED=\$(MACOSX_REQUIRED_VERSION)" 
 fi
 if test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_OS" = xbsd; then
     CCXXFLAGS_JDK="$CCXXFLAGS_JDK -DBSD -D_ALLBSD_SOURCE"