diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 48653ac2..f16ae1d7 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ noinst_LIBRARIES =
 
 shairport_sync_SOURCES = shairport.c rtsp.c mdns.c common.c rtp.c player.c alac.c audio.c loudness.c activity_monitor.c
 
+if BUILD_FOR_DARWIN
+  AM_CXXFLAGS = -I/usr/local/include -Wno-multichar -Wall -Wextra -Wno-deprecated-declarations -pthread -DSYSCONFDIR=\"$(sysconfdir)\"
+  AM_CFLAGS = -Wno-multichar -Wall -Wextra -Wno-deprecated-declarations -pthread -DSYSCONFDIR=\"$(sysconfdir)\"
+else
 if BUILD_FOR_FREEBSD
   AM_CXXFLAGS = -I/usr/local/include -Wno-multichar -Wall -Wextra -pthread -DSYSCONFDIR=\"$(sysconfdir)\"
   AM_CFLAGS = -Wno-multichar -Wall -Wextra -pthread -DSYSCONFDIR=\"$(sysconfdir)\"
@@ -31,6 +35,7 @@ else
   AM_CFLAGS = -fno-common -Wno-multichar -Wall -Wextra -Wno-clobbered -Wno-psabi -pthread -DSYSCONFDIR=\"$(sysconfdir)\"
 endif
 endif
+endif
 
 # include information generated by 'git describe --dirty' if requested
 if USE_GIT_VERSION