diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3921dfe..ee68d6b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,11 +16,18 @@ ENDIF( NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE )
 
 set( SSE_MATTERS NO )
 
+if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
+	set(MACOSX TRUE)
+endif()
+
 if( CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX )
 	set( GPROF 0 CACHE BOOL "Enable profiling with gprof for Debug and RelWithDebInfo build types." )
 	set( PROFILE 0 CACHE INT "1=Generate profile coverage info, 2=Use it" )
+	if (NOT MACOSX)
+		set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES "${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES} -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++")
+		set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++")
+	endif()
 endif( CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX )
-
 find_package( ZLIB )
 
 if( MSVC )