diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3f9ee5220..719be40fe 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ netbsd*)
 solaris*)
         LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lsocket -lxnet"
         ;;
+darwin*)
+        LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lresolv"
+        ;;
 esac
 
 # Gettext
diff --git a/src/gui/curses/CMakeLists.txt b/src/gui/curses/CMakeLists.txt
index 18b77f8f2..a46821427 100644
--- a/src/gui/curses/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/gui/curses/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@ list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS "m")
 
 list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS ${CURL_LIBRARIES})
 
-list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS "resolv")
+if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
+  # link with resolv lib on Mac OS X
+  list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS "resolv")
+endif()
 
 include_directories(.. ../../core ../../plugins ${NCURSES_INCLUDE_PATH})