diff --git a/docs/getting-started/getting-started-darwin.md b/docs/getting-started/getting-started-darwin.md
index 91be4f3..0a6c7fb 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started/getting-started-darwin.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started/getting-started-darwin.md
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ git clone https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb.git
 cd rocksdb
 git checkout v6.15.5
 
+# Apply the RocksDB patch in this repo to support newer versions of gcc
+git apply rocksdb.patch
+
 # Now install the required dependencies
 brew install snappy
 brew install lz4
diff --git a/docs/getting-started/rocksdb.patch b/docs/getting-started/rocksdb.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75e507c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/getting-started/rocksdb.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+diff --git a/options/db_options.h b/options/db_options.h
+index 42a58e256..96d475d5b 100644
+--- a/options/db_options.h
++++ b/options/db_options.h
+@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ struct ImmutableDBOptions {
+ struct MutableDBOptions {
+   static const char* kName() { return "MutableDBOptions"; }
+   MutableDBOptions();
+-  explicit MutableDBOptions(const MutableDBOptions& options) = default;
+   explicit MutableDBOptions(const DBOptions& options);
+
+   void Dump(Logger* log) const;
+diff --git a/util/crc32c.cc b/util/crc32c.cc
+index 959658099..80094239c 100644
+--- a/util/crc32c.cc
++++ b/util/crc32c.cc
+@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
+
+ #endif
+
+-#if defined(__linux__) && defined(HAVE_ARM64_CRC)
++#if defined(HAVE_ARM64_CRC)
+ bool pmull_runtime_flag = false;
+ #endif
+
+@@ -346,6 +346,9 @@ static inline void Slow_CRC32(uint64_t* l, uint8_t const **p) {
+   table0_[c >> 24];
+ }
+
++#if (!(defined(HAVE_POWER8) && defined(HAS_ALTIVEC))) && \
++        (!defined(HAVE_ARM64_CRC)) ||                    \
++    defined(NO_THREEWAY_CRC32C)
+ static inline void Fast_CRC32(uint64_t* l, uint8_t const **p) {
+ #ifndef HAVE_SSE42
+   Slow_CRC32(l, p);
+@@ -359,6 +362,7 @@ static inline void Fast_CRC32(uint64_t* l, uint8_t const **p) {
+   *p += 4;
+ #endif
+ }
++#endif
+
+ template<void (*CRC32)(uint64_t*, uint8_t const**)>
+ uint32_t ExtendImpl(uint32_t crc, const char* buf, size_t size) {
+@@ -474,7 +478,7 @@ static bool isAltiVec() {
+ }
+ #endif
+
+-#if defined(__linux__) && defined(HAVE_ARM64_CRC)
++#if defined(HAVE_ARM64_CRC)
+ uint32_t ExtendARMImpl(uint32_t crc, const char *buf, size_t size) {
+   return crc32c_arm64(crc, (const unsigned char *)buf, size);
+ }
+@@ -494,7 +498,7 @@ std::string IsFastCrc32Supported() {
+   has_fast_crc = false;
+   arch = "PPC";
+ #endif
+-#elif defined(__linux__) && defined(HAVE_ARM64_CRC)
++#elif defined(HAVE_ARM64_CRC)
+   if (crc32c_runtime_check()) {
+     has_fast_crc = true;
+     arch = "Arm64";
+@@ -1227,7 +1231,7 @@ uint32_t crc32c_3way(uint32_t crc, const char* buf, size_t len) {
+ static inline Function Choose_Extend() {
+ #ifdef HAVE_POWER8
+   return isAltiVec() ? ExtendPPCImpl : ExtendImpl<Slow_CRC32>;
+-#elif defined(__linux__) && defined(HAVE_ARM64_CRC)
++#elif defined(HAVE_ARM64_CRC)
+   if(crc32c_runtime_check()) {
+     pmull_runtime_flag = crc32c_pmull_runtime_check();
+     return ExtendARMImpl;
+diff --git a/util/crc32c_arm64.cc b/util/crc32c_arm64.cc
+index 566810f4b..80dbf0528 100644
+--- a/util/crc32c_arm64.cc
++++ b/util/crc32c_arm64.cc
+@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
+
+ #include "util/crc32c_arm64.h"
+
+-#if defined(__linux__) && defined(HAVE_ARM64_CRC)
++#if defined(HAVE_ARM64_CRC)
+
++#if defined(__linux__)
+ #include <asm/hwcap.h>
++#endif
+ #ifdef ROCKSDB_AUXV_GETAUXVAL_PRESENT
+ #include <sys/auxv.h>
+ #endif
+@@ -65,8 +67,8 @@ __attribute__((__no_sanitize__("alignment")))
+ __attribute__((__no_sanitize_undefined__))
+ #endif
+ #endif
+-uint32_t crc32c_arm64(uint32_t crc, unsigned char const *data,
+-                             unsigned len) {
++uint32_t
++crc32c_arm64(uint32_t crc, unsigned char const *data, size_t len) {
+   const uint8_t *buf8;
+   const uint64_t *buf64 = (uint64_t *)data;
+   int length = (int)len;
+diff --git a/util/crc32c_arm64.h b/util/crc32c_arm64.h
+index a12354683..b16b1f3e0 100644
+--- a/util/crc32c_arm64.h
++++ b/util/crc32c_arm64.h
+@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
+ #define UTIL_CRC32C_ARM64_H
+
+ #include <cinttypes>
++#include <cstddef>
+
+ #if defined(__aarch64__) || defined(__AARCH64__)
+
+@@ -33,7 +34,8 @@
+   PREF4X64L1(buffer, (PREF_OFFSET), 8) \
+   PREF4X64L1(buffer, (PREF_OFFSET), 12)
+
+-extern uint32_t crc32c_arm64(uint32_t crc, unsigned char const *data, unsigned len);
++extern uint32_t crc32c_arm64(uint32_t crc, unsigned char const *data,
++                             size_t len);
+ extern uint32_t crc32c_runtime_check(void);
+ extern bool crc32c_pmull_runtime_check(void);
+
+diff --git a/utilities/env_mirror.cc b/utilities/env_mirror.cc
+index dbb5e8021..d420bbd00 100644
+--- a/utilities/env_mirror.cc
++++ b/utilities/env_mirror.cc
+@@ -27,13 +27,17 @@ class SequentialFileMirror : public SequentialFile {
+     if (as == Status::OK()) {
+       char* bscratch = new char[n];
+       Slice bslice;
++#ifndef NDEBUG
+       size_t off = 0;
++#endif
+       size_t left = aslice.size();
+       while (left) {
+         Status bs = b_->Read(left, &bslice, bscratch);
++#ifndef NDEBUG
+         assert(as == bs);
+         assert(memcmp(bscratch, scratch + off, bslice.size()) == 0);
+         off += bslice.size();
++#endif
+         left -= bslice.size();
+       }
+       delete[] bscratch;