diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f6693deb..684e48af4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -83,8 +83,10 @@ endif()
 if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Darwin" OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "FreeBSD" OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "OpenBSD")
   link_directories ("/usr/local/lib")
   link_directories ("/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib")
+  link_directories ("/usr/local/opt/ncurses/lib")
   include_directories("/usr/local/include")
   include_directories("/usr/local/opt/openssl/include")
+  include_directories("/usr/local/opt/ncurses/include")
 endif ()
 
 if (EXISTS "/etc/arch-release" OR EXISTS "/etc/manjaro-release" OR NO_NCURSESW)
diff --git a/src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt b/src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt
index 9a929a66e..7a280fd21 100644
--- a/src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux" OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "FreeBSD")
     find_package(PkgConfig)
     pkg_check_modules(NCURSES REQUIRED ncursesw panelw)
     target_link_libraries(musikcube ${musikcube_LINK_LIBS} ${NCURSES_LIBRARIES} musikcore)
+elseif (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Darwin")
+    target_link_libraries(musikcube ${musikcube_LINK_LIBS} ncursesw panelw musikcore)
 else()
     target_link_libraries(musikcube ${musikcube_LINK_LIBS} curses panel musikcore)
 endif()
diff --git a/src/musikcube/cursespp/cursespp/curses_config.h b/src/musikcube/cursespp/cursespp/curses_config.h
index 6e795974d..fcd658290 100644
--- a/src/musikcube/cursespp/cursespp/curses_config.h
+++ b/src/musikcube/cursespp/cursespp/curses_config.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #undef MOUSE_MOVED
 #endif
 
-#if defined(WIN32) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined(NO_NCURSESW)
+#if defined(WIN32) || defined(NO_NCURSESW)
     #include <curses.h>
     #include <panel.h>
 #else