diff --git a/libcxx/include/__locale b/libcxx/include/__locale
--- a/libcxx/include/__locale
+++ b/libcxx/include/__locale
@@ -397,7 +397,26 @@
 class _LIBCPP_TYPE_VIS ctype_base
 {
 public:
-#if defined(__GLIBC__)
+#if defined(_LIBCPP_PROVIDES_DEFAULT_RUNE_TABLE)
+    typedef unsigned long mask;
+    static const mask space  = 1<<0;
+    static const mask print  = 1<<1;
+    static const mask cntrl  = 1<<2;
+    static const mask upper  = 1<<3;
+    static const mask lower  = 1<<4;
+    static const mask alpha  = 1<<5;
+    static const mask digit  = 1<<6;
+    static const mask punct  = 1<<7;
+    static const mask xdigit = 1<<8;
+    static const mask blank  = 1<<9;
+#if defined(__BIONIC__)
+    // Historically this was a part of regex_traits rather than ctype_base. The
+    // historical value of the constant is preserved for ABI compatibility.
+    static const mask __regex_word = 0x8000;
+#else
+    static const mask __regex_word = 1<<10;
+#endif // defined(__BIONIC__)
+#elif defined(__GLIBC__)
     typedef unsigned short mask;
     static const mask space  = _ISspace;
     static const mask print  = _ISprint;
@@ -486,24 +505,7 @@
 # define _LIBCPP_CTYPE_MASK_IS_COMPOSITE_ALPHA
 # define _LIBCPP_CTYPE_MASK_IS_COMPOSITE_XDIGIT
 #else
-    typedef unsigned long mask;
-    static const mask space  = 1<<0;
-    static const mask print  = 1<<1;
-    static const mask cntrl  = 1<<2;
-    static const mask upper  = 1<<3;
-    static const mask lower  = 1<<4;
-    static const mask alpha  = 1<<5;
-    static const mask digit  = 1<<6;
-    static const mask punct  = 1<<7;
-    static const mask xdigit = 1<<8;
-    static const mask blank  = 1<<9;
-#if defined(__BIONIC__)
-    // Historically this was a part of regex_traits rather than ctype_base. The
-    // historical value of the constant is preserved for ABI compatibility.
-    static const mask __regex_word = 0x8000;
-#else
-    static const mask __regex_word = 1<<10;
-#endif // defined(__BIONIC__)
+# error unknown rune table for this platform -- do you mean to define _LIBCPP_PROVIDES_DEFAULT_RUNE_TABLE?
 #endif
     static const mask alnum  = alpha | digit;
     static const mask graph  = alnum | punct;