diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index d2f08ec677e270d49f071a968ed7ca0a79c55a08..f1e7aa7bf432d064456ebf85a9ef9ada6c363dd0 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -95,6 +95,44 @@ will need clang and its instrumented libc++:
 
   # apt-get install clang libc++-dev
 
+Mac-specific notes:
+-------------------
+
+For a Mac system, git is not available by default. You will first need to
+install Xcode from the Mac AppStore and then run the following command from a
+terminal:
+
+  $ sudo xcode-select --install
+
+You should also install "port" following the instructions at
+https://www.macports.org . This will reside in /opt/local/bin/port for
+most Mac installations. Do the "git submodule" command listed above.
+
+Then execute the following for all the needed build dependencies
+
+  $ sudo /opt/local/bin/port install autoconf automake libtool gflags cmake
+  $ mkdir ~/gtest
+  $ svn checkout http://googletest.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ gtest-svn
+  $ mkdir mybuild
+  $ cd mybuild
+  $ cmake ../gtest-svn
+  $ make
+  $ make gtest.a gtest_main.a
+  $ sudo cp libgtest.a libgtest_main.a /opt/local/lib
+  $ sudo mkdir /opt/local/include/gtest
+  $ sudo cp -pr ../gtest-svn/include/gtest /opt/local/include/gtest 
+
+We will also need to make openssl and install it appropriately
+
+  $ cd <git directory>
+  $ cd third_party/openssl
+  $ sudo make install
+  $ cd ../../
+
+If you are going to make changes and need to regenerate the projects file,
+you will need to install certain modules for python.
+
+  $ sudo easy_install simplejson mako
 
 A word on OpenSSL
 -----------------
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 485042b5b3e3409c9dc01dce31223953423d09a0..97a00e0a1a1d7ec242d2fc1d1a4c3f0a88e77d5b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -177,7 +177,9 @@ LDFLAGS += -g -fPIC
 
 INCLUDES = . include $(GENDIR)
 ifeq ($(SYSTEM),Darwin)
+INCLUDES += /usr/local/ssl/include /opt/local/include
 LIBS = m z
+LDFLAGS += -L/usr/local/ssl/lib -L/opt/local/lib
 else
 LIBS = rt m z pthread
 LDFLAGS += -pthread
diff --git a/templates/Makefile.template b/templates/Makefile.template
index 3e0f77c01429c94ea37db2893ed56f5bd9a26b14..d107801e083b91b0eb568ca4174688ac44753353 100644
--- a/templates/Makefile.template
+++ b/templates/Makefile.template
@@ -194,7 +194,9 @@ LDFLAGS += -g -fPIC
 
 INCLUDES = . include $(GENDIR)
 ifeq ($(SYSTEM),Darwin)
+INCLUDES += /usr/local/ssl/include /opt/local/include
 LIBS = m z
+LDFLAGS += -L/usr/local/ssl/lib -L/opt/local/lib
 else
 LIBS = rt m z pthread
 LDFLAGS += -pthread