diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b09bdd87f..4c1003b5b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -345,9 +345,16 @@ SHARED_MAJOR = $(ROCKSDB_MAJOR)
 SHARED_MINOR = $(ROCKSDB_MINOR)
 SHARED_PATCH = $(ROCKSDB_PATCH)
 SHARED1 = ${LIBNAME}.$(PLATFORM_SHARED_EXT)
+ifeq ($(PLATFORM), OS_MACOSX)
+SHARED_OSX = $(LIBNAME).$(SHARED_MAJOR)
+SHARED2 = $(SHARED_OSX).$(PLATFORM_SHARED_EXT)
+SHARED3 = $(SHARED_OSX).$(SHARED_MINOR).$(PLATFORM_SHARED_EXT)
+SHARED4 = $(SHARED_OSX).$(SHARED_MINOR).$(SHARED_PATCH).$(PLATFORM_SHARED_EXT)
+else
 SHARED2 = $(SHARED1).$(SHARED_MAJOR)
 SHARED3 = $(SHARED1).$(SHARED_MAJOR).$(SHARED_MINOR)
 SHARED4 = $(SHARED1).$(SHARED_MAJOR).$(SHARED_MINOR).$(SHARED_PATCH)
+endif
 SHARED = $(SHARED1) $(SHARED2) $(SHARED3) $(SHARED4)
 $(SHARED1): $(SHARED4)
 	ln -fs $(SHARED4) $(SHARED1)