diff --git a/test/size_t.cpp b/test/size_t.cpp
index 26450af..d6ae358 100644
--- a/test/size_t.cpp
+++ b/test/size_t.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
 // $Date$
 // $Revision$
 
+// Necessary to overcome a strange name lookup bug in GCC 3.3 for Mac OS X
+#if defined(__APPLE_CC__) && defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ == 3) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ <= 3)
+#  include <cassert>
+#endif
+
 #include <boost/mpl/size_t.hpp>
 #include <boost/mpl/identity.hpp>
 #include <boost/preprocessor/repetition/repeat_from_to.hpp>