diff -urb cl-gd-0.5.0.orig/Makefile cl-gd-0.5.0/Makefile
--- cl-gd-0.5.0.orig/Makefile	2005-03-31 01:34:53.000000000 -0800
+++ cl-gd-0.5.0/Makefile	2005-10-03 10:09:33.000000000 -0700
@@ -4,3 +4,8 @@
 	gcc -I/usr/local/include -fPIC -c cl-gd-glue.c
 	ld -shared -lgd -lz -lpng -ljpeg -lfreetype -liconv -lm -lc cl-gd-glue.o -o cl-gd-glue.so -L/usr/local/lib
 	rm cl-gd-glue.o
\ No newline at end of file
+
+# this should work for Mac OS X
+
+cl-gd-glue.dylib:
+	gcc -lgd -ljpeg -dynamiclib cl-gd-glue.c -o cl-gd-glue.dylib
diff -urb cl-gd-0.5.0.orig/README cl-gd-0.5.0/README
--- cl-gd-0.5.0.orig/README	2005-05-17 09:59:22.000000000 -0700
+++ cl-gd-0.5.0/README	2005-10-02 20:56:22.000000000 -0700
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
        ld -lgd -lz -lpng -ljpeg -lfreetype -lm -liconv -shared cl-gd-glue.o -o cl-gd-glue.so
        rm cl-gd-glue.o
 
+     For Mac OS X, use
+
+       gcc -lgd -ljpeg -dynamiclib cl-gd-glue.c -o cl-gd-glue.dylib
+
 1.6. Make sure that cl-gd.asd can be seen from asdf (this is usually
      achieved by a symbolic link), start your favorite Lisp, and compile
      CL-GD:
diff -urb cl-gd-0.5.0.orig/cl-gd.asd cl-gd-0.5.0/cl-gd.asd
--- cl-gd-0.5.0.orig/cl-gd.asd	2005-09-26 05:50:11.000000000 -0700
+++ cl-gd-0.5.0/cl-gd.asd	2005-10-02 20:56:22.000000000 -0700
@@ -54,4 +54,4 @@
                (:file "drawing" :depends-on ("transform" "colors-aux"))
                (:file "strings" :depends-on ("transform" "colors-aux"))
                (:file "misc" :depends-on ("transform")))
-  :depends-on (#-clisp :uffi #+clisp :cffi-uffi-compat))
+  :depends-on (#-(or clisp openmcl) :uffi #+(or clisp openmcl) :cffi-uffi-compat))
diff -urb cl-gd-0.5.0.orig/doc/index.html cl-gd-0.5.0/doc/index.html
--- cl-gd-0.5.0.orig/doc/index.html	2005-09-26 05:50:12.000000000 -0700
+++ cl-gd-0.5.0/doc/index.html	2005-10-02 20:57:22.000000000 -0700
@@ -210,6 +210,10 @@
 ld -lgd -lz -lpng -ljpeg -lfreetype -lm -liconv -shared cl-gd-glue.o -o cl-gd-glue.so
 rm cl-gd-glue.o
 </pre>
+For Mac OS X, use
+<pre>
+gcc -lgd -ljpeg -dynamiclib cl-gd-glue.c -o cl-gd-glue.dylib
+</pre>
 <li>Make sure that <code>cl-gd.asd</code> can be seen from asdf (this is usually achieved by a symbolic link), start your favorite Lisp, and compile CL-GD:
 <pre>
 (asdf:oos 'asdf:compile-op :cl-gd)
diff -urb cl-gd-0.5.0.orig/specials.lisp cl-gd-0.5.0/specials.lisp
--- cl-gd-0.5.0.orig/specials.lisp	2005-09-26 05:50:11.000000000 -0700
+++ cl-gd-0.5.0/specials.lisp	2005-10-02 20:56:22.000000000 -0700
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
      "/cygwin/usr/local/lib/"
      "/cygwin/usr/lib/")
   "A list of directories where UFFI tries to find cl-gd-glue.so")
-(defvar *shared-library-types* '("so" "dll")
+(defvar *shared-library-types* '("so" "dll" "dylib")
   "The list of types a shared library can have. Used when looking for
 cl-gd-glue.so")
 (defvar *shared-library-drive-letters* '("C" "D" "E" "F" "G")