diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -765,6 +765,7 @@
 dnl this flag screws up non-darwin gcc even when the check fails. special-case it.
 if test x$TARGET_OS = xdarwin; then
   AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([[-Wl,-dead_strip]], [LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-dead_strip"])
+  AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([[-Wl,-dead_strip_dylibs]], [LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-dead_strip_dylibs"])
 fi
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([endian.h sys/endian.h byteswap.h stdio.h stdlib.h unistd.h strings.h sys/types.h sys/stat.h sys/select.h sys/prctl.h])
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
 
 if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
 	add_compile_definitions(MAC_OSX OBJC_OLD_DISPATCH_PROTOTYPES=0)
+	add_linker_flags(-Wl,-dead_strip_dylibs)
 endif()
 
 if(ENABLE_REDUCE_EXPORTS)