diff --git a/GaudiPluginService/src/PluginServiceV2.cpp b/GaudiPluginService/src/PluginServiceV2.cpp
index 4c8d4dc2b607387a4051730af5fb3df61b2c894f..3bad3405316f204613caa8a67e7a2ce409e2128b 100644
--- a/GaudiPluginService/src/PluginServiceV2.cpp
+++ b/GaudiPluginService/src/PluginServiceV2.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ namespace fs = boost::filesystem;
 namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 #endif // USE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM
 
-#if __cplusplus >= 201703
+#if __cplusplus >= 201703 || (__clang__ && __APPLE__)
 #  include <string_view>
 #else
 #  include <experimental/string_view>