diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7e923c2..c1622be 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ license = "MIT"
 publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
-libc = "0.2.178"
 ron = ">=0.8, <0.13"
 #rust-i18n = "3.1.3"
 
@@ -23,3 +22,9 @@ features = ["derive"]
 [dependencies.serde]
 version = "1.0"
 features = ["derive"]
+
+[target.'cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "macos")))'.dependencies]
+# Yes. For one constant, this library is required.
+# And yes, I spent time tracking down the first release with that constant.
+# v0.2.25 is almost 9 years old as of writing this comment.
+libc = "~0.2.25"
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 3302322..6728c9c 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ pub struct Args {
     // ArgAction::SetFalse by default evaluates to true,
     // ArgAction::SetTrue by default evaluates to false.
     /// Upon encountering a read error, reopen the source file before continuing.
-    #[arg(short, long, action=ArgAction::SetTrue)]
+    #[arg(short, long, action = ArgAction::SetTrue)]
     pub reopen_on_error: bool,
+
+    /// Use O_DIRECT to bypass kernel buffer when reading.
+    // BSD seems to support O_DIRECT, but MacOS for certain does not.
+    #[cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "macos")))]
+    #[arg(short, long = "direct", action = ArgAction::SetFalse)]
+    pub direct_io: bool,
 }
diff --git a/src/io.rs b/src/io.rs
index 793de77..0e103a2 100644
--- a/src/io.rs
+++ b/src/io.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use std::fs::{File, OpenOptions};
 use std::io::{self, Seek, SeekFrom};
-use std::os::unix::fs::OpenOptionsExt;
 
 use crate::cli::CONFIG;
 
@@ -20,10 +19,26 @@ pub fn get_stream_length<S: Seek>(stream: &mut S) -> io::Result<u64> {
     len
 }
 
+#[cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "macos")))]
+pub fn load_input() -> anyhow::Result<File> {
+    use std::os::unix::fs::OpenOptionsExt;
+
+    let mut options = OpenOptions::new();
+    options.read(true);
+
+    if CONFIG.direct_io {
+        options.custom_flags(libc::O_DIRECT);
+    }
+
+    options
+        .open(&CONFIG.input)
+        .with_context(|| format!("Failed to open input file: {}", &CONFIG.input.display()))
+}
+
+#[cfg(any(not(unix), target_os = "macos"))]
 pub fn load_input() -> anyhow::Result<File> {
     OpenOptions::new()
         .read(true)
-        .custom_flags(libc::O_DIRECT)
         .open(&CONFIG.input)
         .with_context(|| format!("Failed to open input file: {}", &CONFIG.input.display()))
 }