diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fb53c8a3..09ea04da 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -272,6 +272,12 @@ LIBS="$base_LIBS"
 
 dnl check for OpenAL libraries
 case "${host}" in
+*-apple-darwin*)
+    dnl Mac OS X
+
+    LIBS="$LIBS -framework IOKit -framework OpenAL"
+    ;;
+
 *)
     dnl default unix style machines