diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 762dc65e..284b0f1e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ CFLAGS   = -I.              -O3 -DNDEBUG -std=c11   -fPIC
 CXXFLAGS = -I. -I./examples -O3 -DNDEBUG -std=c++11 -fPIC
 LDFLAGS  =
 
+ifdef MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET
+	CFLAGS   += -mmacosx-version-min=$(MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET)
+	CXXFLAGS += -mmacosx-version-min=$(MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET)
+	LDFLAGS  += -mmacosx-version-min=$(MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET)
+endif
+
 # clock_gettime came in POSIX.1b (1993)
 # CLOCK_MONOTONIC came in POSIX.1-2001 / SUSv3 as optional
 # posix_memalign came in POSIX.1-2001 / SUSv3