diff --git a/Modules/BasicConfigVersion-AnyNewerVersion.cmake.in b/Modules/BasicConfigVersion-AnyNewerVersion.cmake.in
index bc78016..2e64771 100644
--- a/Modules/BasicConfigVersion-AnyNewerVersion.cmake.in
+++ b/Modules/BasicConfigVersion-AnyNewerVersion.cmake.in
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ else()
   endif()
 endif()
 
+
+# if on an Apple platform, this project might have been built as a universal binary, in which case CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P will be incorrect:
+if(APPLE)
+   return()
+endif()
+
 # if the installed or the using project don't have CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P set, ignore it:
 if("${CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P}" STREQUAL "" OR "@CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P@" STREQUAL "")
    return()
diff --git a/Modules/BasicConfigVersion-ExactVersion.cmake.in b/Modules/BasicConfigVersion-ExactVersion.cmake.in
index de4a23a..7bcb5ad 100644
--- a/Modules/BasicConfigVersion-ExactVersion.cmake.in
+++ b/Modules/BasicConfigVersion-ExactVersion.cmake.in
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ if(PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION STREQUAL PACKAGE_VERSION)
 endif()
 
 
+# if on an Apple platform, this project might have been built as a universal binary, in which case CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P will be incorrect:
+if(APPLE)
+   return()
+endif()
+
 # if the installed or the using project don't have CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P set, ignore it:
 if("${CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P}" STREQUAL "" OR "@CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P@" STREQUAL "")
    return()
diff --git a/Modules/BasicConfigVersion-SameMajorVersion.cmake.in b/Modules/BasicConfigVersion-SameMajorVersion.cmake.in
index a32245d..acbc8d8 100644
--- a/Modules/BasicConfigVersion-SameMajorVersion.cmake.in
+++ b/Modules/BasicConfigVersion-SameMajorVersion.cmake.in
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 
+# if on an Apple platform, this project might have been built as a universal binary, in which case CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P will be incorrect:
+if(APPLE)
+   return()
+endif()
+
 # if the installed or the using project don't have CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P set, ignore it:
 if("${CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P}" STREQUAL "" OR "@CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P@" STREQUAL "")
    return()