diff --git a/error.go b/error.go
index d47c1d9..df83fef 100644
--- a/error.go
+++ b/error.go
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
 package xmlsec
 
 import (
+	"C"
 	"fmt"
 	"runtime"
-	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/crewjam/errset"
 )
 
-// #include <pthread.h>
-import "C"
-
 var globalErrors = map[uintptr]errset.ErrSet{}
 
 type Error struct {
@@ -45,7 +42,7 @@ func onError(file *C.char, line C.int, funcName *C.char, errorObject *C.char, er
 		Subject:  C.GoString(errorSubject),
 		Reason:   int(reason),
 		Message:  C.GoString(msg)}
-	threadID := uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(C.pthread_self()))
+	threadID := getThreadId()
 	globalErrors[threadID] = append(globalErrors[threadID], err)
 }
 
@@ -54,22 +51,20 @@ func onError(file *C.char, line C.int, funcName *C.char, errorObject *C.char, er
 // error object.
 func startProcessingXML() {
 	runtime.LockOSThread()
-	threadID := uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(C.pthread_self()))
-	globalErrors[threadID] = errset.ErrSet{}
+	globalErrors[getThreadId()] = errset.ErrSet{}
 }
 
 // stopProcessingXML unlocks the goroutine-thread lock and deletes the current
 // error stack.
 func stopProcessingXML() {
 	runtime.UnlockOSThread()
-	threadID := uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(C.pthread_self()))
-	delete(globalErrors, threadID)
+	delete(globalErrors, getThreadId())
 }
 
 // popError returns the global error for the current thread and resets it to
 // an empty error. Returns nil if no errors have occurred.
 func popError() error {
-	threadID := uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(C.pthread_self()))
+	threadID := getThreadId()
 	rv := globalErrors[threadID].ReturnValue()
 	globalErrors[threadID] = errset.ErrSet{}
 	return rv
diff --git a/thread_darwin.go b/thread_darwin.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cf1a42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thread_darwin.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package xmlsec
+
+import "unsafe"
+
+// #include <pthread.h>
+import "C"
+
+func getThreadId() uintptr {
+	return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(C.pthread_self()))
+}
diff --git a/thread_linux.go b/thread_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd6f99b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thread_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package xmlsec
+
+import "syscall"
+
+func getThreadId() uintptr {
+	return uintptr(syscall.Gettid())
+}