diff --git a/darwin/multilineentry.m b/darwin/multilineentry.m
index 712edf3f..9a4f8095 100644
--- a/darwin/multilineentry.m
+++ b/darwin/multilineentry.m
@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@ static uiMultilineEntry *finishMultilineEntry(BOOL hscroll)
 	[e->tv setUsesFontPanel:NO];
 	[e->tv setRulerVisible:NO];
 	// we'll handle font last
-	[e->tv setAlignment:NSTextAlignmentNatural];
+	// while setAlignment: has been around since 10.0, the named constant "NSTextAlignmentNatural" seems to have only been introduced in 10.11
+#define ourNSTextAlignmentNatural 4
+	[e->tv setAlignment:ourNSTextAlignmentNatural];
 	// textColor is set to nil, just keep the dfault
 	[e->tv setBaseWritingDirection:NSWritingDirectionNatural];
 	[e->tv setHorizontallyResizable:NO];