diff --git a/build-support/grovel.c b/build-support/grovel.c
index 600865cf39..8422ec197c 100644
--- a/build-support/grovel.c
+++ b/build-support/grovel.c
@@ -12,12 +12,18 @@
 	#define UNIX
 #endif
 
-#if (__OpenBSD__)
+#if defined(__OpenBSD__)
 	#define BSD
 	#define OPENBSD
 	#define UNIX
 #endif
 
+#if defined(__APPLE__)
+	#define BSD
+	#define MACOSX
+	#define UNIX
+#endif
+
 #if defined(linux)
 	#define LINUX
 	#define UNIX
@@ -34,6 +40,7 @@
 	#include <sys/stat.h>
 	#include <sys/socket.h>
 	#include <sys/errno.h>
+    #include <sys/mman.h>
 	#include <fcntl.h>
 	#include <unistd.h>
 #endif
@@ -134,6 +141,10 @@ void unix_constants()
 	constant(EINTR);
 	constant(EAGAIN);
 	constant(EINPROGRESS);
+    constant(PROT_READ);
+	constant(PROT_WRITE);
+	constant(MAP_FILE);
+	constant(MAP_SHARED);
 }
 	
 int main() {
diff --git a/extra/sequences/lib/lib.factor b/extra/sequences/lib/lib.factor
index a6b6b73148..0b93552e76 100755
--- a/extra/sequences/lib/lib.factor
+++ b/extra/sequences/lib/lib.factor
@@ -225,3 +225,6 @@ PRIVATE>
 
 : replace ( str oldseq newseq -- str' )
     H{ } 2seq>assoc substitute ;
+
+: remove-nth ( seq n -- seq' )
+    cut-slice 1 tail-slice append ;