diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 3cfc28b2..8fb01072 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ You need the following installed:
  * openssl
  * libao
  * Perl 5.10 or higher
- * Linux: avahi
+ * Linux: avahi (or, for embedded systems, howl)
  * Windows/Mac OS X: Bonjour
 
 Perl modules (install from CPAN if needed e.g. `perl -MCPAN -e 'install X'`):
diff --git a/shairport.c b/shairport.c
index f71916dd..996ee241 100644
--- a/shairport.c
+++ b/shairport.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
       slog(LOG_INFO, "Usage:\nshairport [OPTION...]\n\nOptions:\n");
       slog(LOG_INFO, "  -a, --apname=AirPort    Sets Airport name\n");
       slog(LOG_INFO, "  -p, --password=secret   Sets Password (not working)\n");
-      slog(LOG_INFO, "  -o, --server_port=5002  Sets Port for Avahi/dns-sd\n");
+      slog(LOG_INFO, "  -o, --server_port=5002  Sets Port for Avahi/dns-sd/howl\n");
       slog(LOG_INFO, "  -b, --buffer=282        Sets Number of frames to buffer before beginning playback\n");
       slog(LOG_INFO, "  -d                      Daemon mode\n");
       slog(LOG_INFO, "  -q, --quiet             Supresses all output.\n");
@@ -975,11 +975,14 @@ static int startAvahi(const char *pHWStr, const char *pServerName, int pPort)
     execlp("dns-sd", "dns-sd", "-R", tName,
          "_raop._tcp", ".", tPort, "tp=UDP","sm=false","sv=false","ek=1","et=0,1",
          "cn=0,1","ch=2","ss=16","sr=44100","pw=false","vn=3","txtvers=1", NULL);
+    execlp("mDNSPublish", "mDNSPublish", tName,
+         "_raop._tcp", tPort, "tp=UDP","sm=false","sv=false","ek=1","et=0,1",
+         "cn=0,1","ch=2","ss=16","sr=44100","pw=false","vn=3","txtvers=1", NULL);
     if(errno == -1) {
             perror("error");
     }
 
-    slog(LOG_INFO, "Bad error... couldn't find or failed to run: avahi-publish-service OR dns-sd\n");
+    slog(LOG_INFO, "Bad error... couldn't find or failed to run: avahi-publish-service OR dns-sd OR mDNSPublish\n");
     exit(1);
   }
   else
diff --git a/shairport.pl b/shairport.pl
index bc6b0dc7..b4a5b49c 100755
--- a/shairport.pl
+++ b/shairport.pl
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ sub usage {
           "Options:\n".
           "  -a, --apname=AirPort            Sets AirPort name\n".
           "  -p, --password=secret           Sets password\n",
-          "  -o, --server_port=5002          Sets Port for Avahi/dns-sd\n",
+          "  -o, --server_port=5002          Sets Port for Avahi/dns-sd/howl\n",
           "  -i, --pipe=pipepath             Sets the path to a named pipe for output\n",
           "      --ao_driver=driver          Sets the ao driver (optional)\n",
           "      --ao_devicename=devicename  Sets the ao device name (optional)\n",
@@ -281,7 +281,12 @@ if ($avahi_publish==0) {
         ".",
          $port,
         "tp=UDP","sm=false","sv=false","ek=1","et=0,1","cn=0,1","ch=2","ss=16","sr=44100",$pw_clause,"vn=3","txtvers=1"; };
-    die "could not run avahi-publish-service nor dns-sd";
+    { exec 'mDNSPublish',
+        join('', map { sprintf "%02X", $_ } @hw_addr) . "\@$apname",
+        "_raop._tcp",
+         $port,
+        "tp=UDP","sm=false","sv=false","ek=1","et=0,1","cn=0,1","ch=2","ss=16","sr=44100",$pw_clause,"vn=3","txtvers=1"; };
+    die "could not run avahi-publish-service nor dns-sd nor mDNSPublish";
 }
 
 my $airport_pem = join '', <DATA>;