diff --git a/src/audio/capture/coreaudio.m b/src/audio/capture/coreaudio.m
index 90ae9f40b..1f27b105c 100644
--- a/src/audio/capture/coreaudio.m
+++ b/src/audio/capture/coreaudio.m
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static void * audio_cap_ca_init(struct module *parent, const char *cfg)
                 AudioObjectPropertyAddress propertyAddress;
                 propertyAddress.mSelector = kAudioHardwarePropertyDefaultInputDevice;
                 propertyAddress.mScope = kAudioObjectPropertyScopeGlobal;
-                propertyAddress.mElement = kAudioObjectPropertyElementMaster;
+                propertyAddress.mElement = kAudioObjectPropertyElementMain;
                 if ((ret = AudioObjectGetPropertyData(kAudioObjectSystemObject, &propertyAddress, 0, NULL, &size, &device)) != 0) {
                         log_msg(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "Error finding default input device: %s.\n", get_ca_error_str(ret));
                         return NULL;
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static void * audio_cap_ca_init(struct module *parent, const char *cfg)
         AudioObjectPropertyAddress propertyAddress;
         propertyAddress.mSelector = kAudioDevicePropertyNominalSampleRate;
         propertyAddress.mScope = kAudioDevicePropertyScopeInput;
-        propertyAddress.mElement = kAudioObjectPropertyElementMaster;
+        propertyAddress.mElement = kAudioObjectPropertyElementMain;
         ret = AudioObjectGetPropertyData(device, &propertyAddress, 0, NULL, &size, &rate);
         if (ret != noErr || rate == 0.0) {
                 log_msg(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, MOD_NAME "Unable to get sample rate: %s. Wrong device index?\n", get_ca_error_str(ret));
diff --git a/src/audio/playback/coreaudio.cpp b/src/audio/playback/coreaudio.cpp
index 1b3defcc9..b31279af8 100644
--- a/src/audio/playback/coreaudio.cpp
+++ b/src/audio/playback/coreaudio.cpp
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ void audio_ca_probe(struct device_info **available_devices, int *count, int dir)
 
         propertyAddress.mSelector = kAudioHardwarePropertyDevices;
         propertyAddress.mScope = kAudioObjectPropertyScopeGlobal;
-        propertyAddress.mElement = kAudioObjectPropertyElementMaster;
+        propertyAddress.mElement = kAudioObjectPropertyElementMain;
         ret = AudioObjectGetPropertyDataSize(kAudioObjectSystemObject, &propertyAddress, 0, NULL, &size);
         if (ret) {
                 goto error;
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ static void * audio_play_ca_init(const char *cfg)
                 UInt32 size = sizeof device;
                 propertyAddress.mSelector = kAudioHardwarePropertyDefaultOutputDevice;
                 propertyAddress.mScope = kAudioObjectPropertyScopeGlobal;
-                propertyAddress.mElement = kAudioObjectPropertyElementMaster;
+                propertyAddress.mElement = kAudioObjectPropertyElementMain;
                 ret = AudioObjectGetPropertyData(kAudioObjectSystemObject, &propertyAddress, 0, NULL, &size, &device);
 
                 if(ret) goto error;
diff --git a/src/audio/playback/coreaudio.h b/src/audio/playback/coreaudio.h
index cb5b8470a..64e5a65d2 100644
--- a/src/audio/playback/coreaudio.h
+++ b/src/audio/playback/coreaudio.h
@@ -52,5 +52,10 @@ const char *get_ca_error_str(OSStatus err);
 }
 #endif
 
+#include <Availability.h>
+#ifndef __MAC_12_0
+#define kAudioObjectPropertyElementMain kAudioObjectPropertyElementMaster
+#endif
+
 /* vim: set expandtab sw=8: */