diff --git a/include/ntfs-3g/compat.h b/include/ntfs-3g/compat.h
index fa57a38a..288a86a2 100644
--- a/include/ntfs-3g/compat.h
+++ b/include/ntfs-3g/compat.h
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@
 #define ELIBACC ENOENT
 #endif
 
+/* xattr APIs in macOS differs from Linux ones in that they expect the special
+ * error code ENOATTR to be returned when an attribute cannot be found. So
+ * define NTFS_NOXATTR_ERRNO to the appropriate "no xattr found" errno value for
+ * the platform. */
+#if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__DARWIN__)
+#define NTFS_NOXATTR_ERRNO ENOATTR
+#else
+#define NTFS_NOXATTR_ERRNO ENODATA
+#endif
+
 #ifndef PATH_MAX
 #define PATH_MAX 4096
 #endif
diff --git a/src/lowntfs-3g.c b/src/lowntfs-3g.c
index 7d5c3e8f..1e7098ef 100644
--- a/src/lowntfs-3g.c
+++ b/src/lowntfs-3g.c
@@ -3465,7 +3465,7 @@ static void ntfs_fuse_getxattr(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino, const char *name,
 		/* trusted only readable by root */
 	if ((namespace == XATTRNS_TRUSTED)
 	    && security.uid) {
-		res = -ENODATA;
+		res = -NTFS_NOXATTR_ERRNO;
 		goto out;
 	}
 #endif
@@ -3476,7 +3476,7 @@ static void ntfs_fuse_getxattr(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino, const char *name,
 	}
 		/* Return with no result for symlinks, fifo, etc. */
 	if (!user_xattrs_allowed(ctx, ni)) {
-		res = -ENODATA;
+		res = -NTFS_NOXATTR_ERRNO;
 		goto exit;
 	}
 		/* otherwise file must be readable */
@@ -3493,7 +3493,7 @@ static void ntfs_fuse_getxattr(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino, const char *name,
 	}
 	na = ntfs_attr_open(ni, AT_DATA, lename, lename_len);
 	if (!na) {
-		res = -ENODATA;
+		res = -NTFS_NOXATTR_ERRNO;
 		goto exit;
 	}
 	rsize = na->data_size;
@@ -3704,7 +3704,7 @@ static void ntfs_fuse_setxattr(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino, const char *name,
 	}
 	if (!na) {
 		if (flags == XATTR_REPLACE) {
-			res = -ENODATA;
+			res = -NTFS_NOXATTR_ERRNO;
 			goto exit;
 		}
 		if (ntfs_attr_add(ni, AT_DATA, lename, lename_len, NULL, 0)) {
@@ -3942,7 +3942,7 @@ static void ntfs_fuse_removexattr(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino, const char *na
 	}
 	if (ntfs_attr_remove(ni, AT_DATA, lename, lename_len)) {
 		if (errno == ENOENT)
-			errno = ENODATA;
+			errno = NTFS_NOXATTR_ERRNO;
 		res = -errno;
 	}
 	if (!res) {
diff --git a/src/ntfs-3g.c b/src/ntfs-3g.c
index 6e0d688c..d3537660 100644
--- a/src/ntfs-3g.c
+++ b/src/ntfs-3g.c
@@ -3236,14 +3236,14 @@ static int ntfs_fuse_getxattr(const char *path, const char *name,
 		/* trusted only readable by root */
 	if ((namespace == XATTRNS_TRUSTED)
 	    && security.uid)
-		    return -ENODATA;
+		    return -NTFS_NOXATTR_ERRNO;
 #endif
 	ni = ntfs_pathname_to_inode(ctx->vol, NULL, path);
 	if (!ni)
 		return -errno;
 		/* Return with no result for symlinks, fifo, etc. */
 	if (!user_xattrs_allowed(ctx, ni)) {
-		res = -ENODATA;
+		res = -NTFS_NOXATTR_ERRNO;
 		goto exit;
 	}
 		/* otherwise file must be readable */
@@ -3260,7 +3260,7 @@ static int ntfs_fuse_getxattr(const char *path, const char *name,
 	}
 	na = ntfs_attr_open(ni, AT_DATA, lename, lename_len);
 	if (!na) {
-		res = -ENODATA;
+		res = -NTFS_NOXATTR_ERRNO;
 		goto exit;
 	}
 	rsize = na->data_size;
@@ -3450,7 +3450,7 @@ static int ntfs_fuse_setxattr(const char *path, const char *name,
 	}
 	if (!na) {
 		if (flags == XATTR_REPLACE) {
-			res = -ENODATA;
+			res = -NTFS_NOXATTR_ERRNO;
 			goto exit;
 		}
 		if (ntfs_attr_add(ni, AT_DATA, lename, lename_len, NULL, 0)) {
@@ -3680,7 +3680,7 @@ static int ntfs_fuse_removexattr(const char *path, const char *name)
 	}
 	if (ntfs_attr_remove(ni, AT_DATA, lename, lename_len)) {
 		if (errno == ENOENT)
-			errno = ENODATA;
+			errno = NTFS_NOXATTR_ERRNO;
 		res = -errno;
 	}
 	if (!res) {