diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ae18e0c6..f11ed765 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ AM_LDFLAGS="$AM_LDFLAGS -export-dynamic"
 AM_CPPFLAGS="$AM_CPPFLAGS $glib_CFLAGS $curl_CFLAGS $libnotify_CFLAGS $PYTHON_CPPFLAGS ${GTK_CFLAGS}"
 AM_CPPFLAGS="$AM_CPPFLAGS -DTHEMES_PATH=\"\\\"$THEMES_PATH\\\"\" -DICONS_PATH=\"\\\"$ICONS_PATH\\\"\""
 LIBS="$glib_LIBS $curl_LIBS $libnotify_LIBS $PYTHON_LIBS $PYTHON_LDFLAGS ${GTK_LIBS} $LIBS"
+AS_IF([test "x$PLATFORM" = xosx],
+    [LIBS="$LIBS -lgio-2.0"])
 
 AC_SUBST(AM_LDFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(AM_CFLAGS)