diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 46f8287..2e59ac8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5167,6 +5167,8 @@
 # endif
 #elif defined(__gnu_hurd__)
         i386-gnu
+#elif defined(__APPLE__)
+        darwin
 #else
 # error unknown platform triplet
 #endif
@@ -14359,7 +14361,7 @@
 
 
 case $ac_sys_system in
-    Linux*|GNU*)
+    Linux*|GNU*|Darwin)
 	EXT_SUFFIX=.${SOABI}${SHLIB_SUFFIX};;
     *)
 	EXT_SUFFIX=${SHLIB_SUFFIX};;