diff --git a/src/osgDB/FileUtils.cpp b/src/osgDB/FileUtils.cpp
index a711bff65..c6bd0bd2b 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/FileUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/FileUtils.cpp
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ std::string osgDB::findFileInDirectory(const std::string& fileName,const std::st
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)
 
     // #define COMPILE_COCOA_VERSION
-    // #define COMPILE_CARBON_VERSION
+    #define COMPILE_CARBON_VERSION
     
 
     // The Cocoa version is about 10 lines of code.
diff --git a/src/osgDB/GNUmakefile b/src/osgDB/GNUmakefile
index f2ecdae3c..1fefc9b91 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/GNUmakefile
+++ b/src/osgDB/GNUmakefile
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ CXXFILES =\
 
 
 LIBS += -losg $(OTHER_LIBS) $(DYNAMICLIBRARYLIB) 
+
+ifeq ($(OS),Darwin)
+LIBS += ${CARBON_LIB}
+endif
+
 DEF  += -DOSGDB_LIBRARY
 
 TARGET_BASENAME = osgDB