diff --git a/src/internal/task/task_stack_amd64.S b/src/internal/task/task_stack_amd64.S
index 44b5f065..f9182d49 100644
--- a/src/internal/task/task_stack_amd64.S
+++ b/src/internal/task/task_stack_amd64.S
@@ -72,3 +72,8 @@ tinygo_swapTask:
 
     // Return into the new task, as if tinygo_swapTask was a regular call.
     ret
+
+#ifdef __MACH__ // Darwin
+// allow these symbols to stripped as dead code
+.subsections_via_symbols
+#endif
diff --git a/src/runtime/gc_amd64.S b/src/runtime/gc_amd64.S
index fa89479f..c0ad7bc8 100644
--- a/src/runtime/gc_amd64.S
+++ b/src/runtime/gc_amd64.S
@@ -27,3 +27,8 @@ _tinygo_scanCurrentStack:
     // were only pushed to be discoverable by the GC.
     addq $56, %rsp
     retq
+
+#ifdef __MACH__ // Darwin
+// allow these symbols to stripped as dead code
+.subsections_via_symbols
+#endif