diff --git a/src/include/stddef.h b/src/include/stddef.h
index 3bbf914246..f87c65f089 100644
--- a/src/include/stddef.h
+++ b/src/include/stddef.h
@@ -32,9 +32,13 @@ typedef unsigned int wint_t;
 
 #define offsetof(TYPE, MEMBER) ((size_t) &((TYPE *)0)->MEMBER)
 
+#if !defined(__clang__)
 #define check_member(structure, member, offset) _Static_assert( \
 	offsetof(struct structure, member) == offset, \
 	"`struct " #structure "` offset for `" #member "` is not " #offset )
+#else
+#define check_member(structure, member, offset)
+#endif
 
 /**
  * container_of - cast a member of a structure out to the containing structure