diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 42b29c807e..157cc9bb9c 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(platform),darwin)
 	build-cflags = $(common-cflags) -fPIC -fvisibility=hidden -I$(src)
 	lflags = $(common-lflags) -ldl -framework CoreFoundation
+	ifeq ($(bootimage),true)
+		bootimage-lflags = -Wl,-segprot,__BOOT,rwx,rwx
+	endif
 	rdynamic =
 	strip-all = -S -x
 	binaryToMacho = $(native-build)/binaryToMacho
@@ -401,7 +404,7 @@ $(binaryToMacho): $(src)/binaryToMacho.cpp
 $(classpath-object): $(build)/classpath.jar $(binaryToMacho)
 	@echo "creating $(@)"
 ifeq ($(platform),darwin)
-	$(binaryToMacho) $(build)/classpath.jar \
+	$(binaryToMacho) $(build)/classpath.jar __TEXT __text \
 		__binary_classpath_jar_start __binary_classpath_jar_end > $(@)
 else
 	(wd=$$(pwd); \
@@ -431,7 +434,7 @@ $(bootimage-bin): $(bootimage-generator)
 $(bootimage-object): $(bootimage-bin)
 	@echo "creating $(@)"
 ifeq ($(platform),darwin)
-	$(binaryToMacho) $(<) \
+	$(binaryToMacho) $(<) __BOOT __boot \
 		__binary_bootimage_bin_start __binary_bootimage_bin_end > $(@)
 else
 	(wd=$$(pwd); \
@@ -451,7 +454,7 @@ ifeq ($(platform),windows)
 	$(dlltool) -d $(@).def -e $(@).exp
 	$(cc) $(@).exp $(^) $(lflags) -o $(@)
 else
-	$(cc) $(^) $(rdynamic) $(lflags) -o $(@)
+	$(cc) $(^) $(rdynamic) $(lflags) $(bootimage-lflags) -o $(@)
 endif
 	$(strip) $(strip-all) $(@)
 
@@ -480,7 +483,7 @@ $(dynamic-library): \
 		$(vm-objects) $(dynamic-object) $(jni-objects) $(vm-heapwalk-objects) \
 		$(boot-object) $(vm-classpath-object)
 	@echo "linking $(@)"
-	$(cc) $(^) $(shared) $(lflags) -o $(@)
+	$(cc) $(^) $(shared) $(lflags) $(bootimage-lflags) -o $(@)
 	$(strip) $(strip-all) $(@)
 
 $(executable-dynamic): $(driver-dynamic-object) $(dynamic-library)
diff --git a/src/binaryToMacho.cpp b/src/binaryToMacho.cpp
index 013b9bfc7f..88259b81cb 100644
--- a/src/binaryToMacho.cpp
+++ b/src/binaryToMacho.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ pad(unsigned n)
 
 void
 writeObject(FILE* out, const uint8_t* data, unsigned size,
+            const char* segmentName, const char* sectionName,
             const char* startName, const char* endName)
 {
   unsigned startNameLength = strlen(startName) + 1;
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ writeObject(FILE* out, const uint8_t* data, unsigned size,
     MH_MAGIC, // magic
     CPU_TYPE_I386, // cputype
     CPU_SUBTYPE_I386_ALL, // cpusubtype
-    MH_OBJECT, // filetype,
+    MH_OBJECT, // filetype
     2, // ncmds
     sizeof(segment_command)
     + sizeof(section)
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ writeObject(FILE* out, const uint8_t* data, unsigned size,
   segment_command segment = {
     LC_SEGMENT, // cmd
     sizeof(segment_command) + sizeof(section), // cmdsize
-    "__TEXT", // segname
+    "", // segname
     0, // vmaddr
     pad(size), // vmsize
     sizeof(mach_header)
@@ -64,9 +65,11 @@ writeObject(FILE* out, const uint8_t* data, unsigned size,
     0 // flags
   };
 
+  strncpy(segment.segname, segmentName, sizeof(segment.segname));
+
   section sect = {
-    "__const", // sectname
-    "__TEXT", // segname
+    "", // sectname
+    "", // segname
     0, // addr
     pad(size), // size
     sizeof(mach_header)
@@ -81,6 +84,9 @@ writeObject(FILE* out, const uint8_t* data, unsigned size,
     0, // reserved2
   };
 
+  strncpy(sect.segname, segmentName, sizeof(sect.segname));
+  strncpy(sect.sectname, sectionName, sizeof(sect.sectname));
+
   symtab_command symbolTable = {
     LC_SYMTAB, // cmd
     sizeof(symtab_command), // cmdsize
@@ -136,9 +142,10 @@ writeObject(FILE* out, const uint8_t* data, unsigned size,
 int
 main(int argc, const char** argv)
 {
-  if (argc != 4) {
+  if (argc != 6) {
     fprintf(stderr,
-            "usage: %s <input file> <start symbol name> <end symbol name>\n",
+            "usage: %s <input file> <segment name> <section name> "
+            "<start symbol name> <end symbol name>\n",
             argv[0]);
     return -1;
   }
@@ -158,7 +165,7 @@ main(int argc, const char** argv)
   }
 
   if (data) {
-    writeObject(stdout, data, size, argv[2], argv[3]);
+    writeObject(stdout, data, size, argv[2], argv[3], argv[4], argv[5]);
     munmap(data, size);
     return 0;
   } else {