diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ec97e26..d0dee46 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ if ("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" MATCHES "BSD")
 	# Need this for SIGWINCH in FreeBSD and OpenBSD respectively;
 	# our POSIX version macros make it undefined
 	add_definitions (-D__BSD_VISIBLE=1 -D_BSD_SOURCE=1)
+elseif (APPLE)
+	add_definitions (-D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE)
 endif ()
 
 # -lrt is only for glibc < 2.17
@@ -116,10 +118,16 @@ endif ()
 if ((WANT_READLINE AND WANT_LIBEDIT) OR (NOT WANT_READLINE AND NOT WANT_LIBEDIT))
 	message (SEND_ERROR "You have to choose either GNU Readline or libedit")
 elseif (WANT_READLINE)
+	pkg_check_modules (readline readline)
+
 	# OpenBSD's default readline is too old
 	if ("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" MATCHES "OpenBSD")
 		include_directories (${OPENBSD_LOCALBASE}/include/ereadline)
 		list (APPEND xC_libraries ereadline)
+	elseif (readline_FOUND)
+		list (APPEND xC_libraries ${readline_LIBRARIES})
+		include_directories (${readline_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+		link_directories (${readline_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 	else ()
 		list (APPEND xC_libraries readline)
 	endif ()