diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4243cfe..50e6b87 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ brew install make pkg-config
 
 # You may need to setup your pkg-config to point to the brew version of the libraries
 # For example to build curses backend, you'd do:
-PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/opt/ncurses/lib/pkgconfig" gmake curses
+PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/opt/ncurses/lib/pkgconfig" sh build-osx.sh curses
 
-# Other than that, follow the normal build steps, but use gmake instead of make
+# Other than that, follow the normal build steps, but use `build-osx.sh` instead of make
 ```
 
 ## Dependencies
diff --git a/build-osx.sh b/build-osx.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f10ed8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-osx.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+sed 's/-soname/-install_name/' GNUmakefile > GNUmakefile.osx
+gmake -f GNUmakefile.osx "$@"