diff --git a/src/memray/_memray.pyx b/src/memray/_memray.pyx
index 578db87f37..32053383cc 100644
--- a/src/memray/_memray.pyx
+++ b/src/memray/_memray.pyx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import collections
 import contextlib
 import os
 import pathlib
+import platform
 import sys
 
 cimport cython
@@ -865,9 +866,9 @@ cdef class FileReader:
         except OSError as exc:
             raise OSError(f"Could not open file {file_name}: {exc.strerror}") from None
 
-        IF UNAME_SYSNAME == "Linux":
+        if platform.system() == "Linux":
             self._path = "/proc/self/fd/" + str(self._file.fileno())
-        ELSE:
+        else:
             self._path = str(file_name)
         self._report_progress = report_progress
 
diff --git a/src/memray/_memray_test_utils.pyx b/src/memray/_memray_test_utils.pyx
index 1e144eee6a..d3fa2352ef 100644
--- a/src/memray/_memray_test_utils.pyx
+++ b/src/memray/_memray_test_utils.pyx
@@ -46,17 +46,29 @@ from libcpp.vector cimport vector
 
 from ._destination import Destination
 
-IF UNAME_SYSNAME == "Linux":
-    cdef extern from "sys/prctl.h":
-        int prctl(int, char*, char*, char*, char*)
+
+cdef extern from *:
+    """
+    #ifdef __linux__
+    # include <sys/prctl.h>
+    inline int set_thread_name_impl(const char* new_name)
+    {
+        return prctl(PR_SET_NAME, new_name, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+    }
+    #else
+    # include <errno.h>
+    inline int set_thread_name_impl(const char* new_name)
+    {
+        errno = ENOTSUP;
+        return -1;
+    }
+    #endif
+    """
+    int set_thread_name_impl(const char* new_name)
 
 
 def set_thread_name(new_name):
-    cdef int PR_SET_NAME = 15
-    IF UNAME_SYSNAME == "Linux":
-        return prctl(PR_SET_NAME, new_name, NULL, NULL, NULL)
-    ELSE:
-        return None
+    return set_thread_name_impl(new_name)
 
 
 cdef class MemoryAllocator: