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diff --git a/scripts/xdt-autogen.in b/scripts/xdt-autogen.in
index abbf5c8..ddc7c99 100644
--- a/scripts/xdt-autogen.in
+++ b/scripts/xdt-autogen.in
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ m4macrodir="${datarootdir}/aclocal"
default_IFS=$IFS
special_IFS=$(printf '\1')
+# fallback on '\n' if '\1' isn't well supported: it is POSIX, but e.g. bash 3.2.57
+# on macOS doesn't support it
+IFS=$special_IFS
+[ x$IFS = x ] || special_IFS=$(printf '\n')
+IFS=$default_IFS
+
##
## a few portability tests
##