diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f119c90..24ddd0c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@
 
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 
+dnl check os: some linker flags not available on osx
+case $host in
+*-darwin*)
+	;;
+*)
+	LTLDFLAGS_OSMOGB='-Wl,--version-script=$(srcdir)/libosmogb.map'
+	LTLDFLAGS_OSMOGSM='-Wl,--version-script=$(srcdir)/libosmogsm.map'
+	;;
+esac
+AC_SUBST(LTLDFLAGS_OSMOGB)
+AC_SUBST(LTLDFLAGS_OSMOGSM)
+
 dnl checks for header files
 AC_HEADER_STDC
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(execinfo.h sys/select.h sys/socket.h syslog.h ctype.h)
diff --git a/src/gb/Makefile.am b/src/gb/Makefile.am
index c137766..04d2108 100644
--- a/src/gb/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/gb/Makefile.am
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 if ENABLE_GB
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libosmogb.la
 
-libosmogb_la_LDFLAGS = -Wl,--version-script=$(srcdir)/libosmogb.map -version-info $(LIBVERSION)
+libosmogb_la_LDFLAGS = $(LTLDFLAGS_OSMOGB) -version-info $(LIBVERSION)
 libosmogb_la_LIBADD = \
 		$(top_builddir)/src/libosmocore.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/src/vty/libosmovty.la \
diff --git a/src/gsm/Makefile.am b/src/gsm/Makefile.am
index b72a8d4..0544e0a 100644
--- a/src/gsm/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/gsm/Makefile.am
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 			milenage/aes-encblock.c milenage/aes-internal.c \
 			milenage/aes-internal-enc.c milenage/milenage.c gan.c
 
-libosmogsm_la_LDFLAGS = -Wl,--version-script=$(srcdir)/libosmogsm.map -version-info $(LIBVERSION)
+libosmogsm_la_LDFLAGS = $(LTLDFLAGS_OSMOGSM) -version-info $(LIBVERSION)
 libosmogsm_la_LIBADD = $(top_builddir)/src/libosmocore.la
 
 EXTRA_DIST = libosmogsm.map