diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 6fa021c..1c9b188 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ SHARED_OBJECTS	= $(SOURCES:%.cpp=%.o)
 STATIC_OBJECTS	= $(SOURCES:%.cpp=%.s.o)
 
 
+ifeq ($(shell uname -s),Darwin)
+    SONAMEPARAMETER = -install_name
+else
+    SONAMEPARAMETER = -soname
+endif
+
+
 all:	CPPFLAGS += -g
 all:	LD_FLAGS += -g
 all:	shared static
@@ -23,7 +30,7 @@ shared:	${SHARED_OBJECTS} ${SHARED_LIB}
 static:	${STATIC_OBJECTS} ${STATIC_LIB}
 
 ${SHARED_LIB}: ${SHARED_OBJECTS}
-	${LD} ${LD_FLAGS} -Wl,-soname,lib$(LIBRARY_NAME).so.$(SONAME) -o $@ ${SHARED_OBJECTS}
+	${LD} ${LD_FLAGS} -Wl,${SONAMEPARAMETER},lib$(LIBRARY_NAME).so.$(SONAME) -o $@ ${SHARED_OBJECTS}
 
 ${STATIC_LIB}: ${STATIC_OBJECTS}
 	ar rcs ${STATIC_LIB} ${STATIC_OBJECTS}