diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index fab4c39..be17fe3 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ alias grep='grep --colour=auto'
 alias egrep='egrep --colour=auto'
 alias fgrep='fgrep --colour=auto'
 
-xhost +local:root > /dev/null 2>&1
+[[ "$(uname -s)" == "Darwin" ]] || xhost +local:root > /dev/null 2>&1 && true
 
 complete -cf sudo