diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 40af3ce8..7ff4eb00 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -10,15 +10,24 @@ sharedir := $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/kak
 docdir := $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/doc/kak
 
 CXXFLAGS += -std=gnu++11 -g -Wall -Wno-reorder -Wno-sign-compare -pedantic
-LIBS += -lncursesw
 
-os := $(shell uname -o)
+os := $(shell uname)
+
+ifeq ($(os),Darwin)
+    LIBS += -lncurses
+else
+    LIBS += -lncursesw
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(os),Cygwin)
     LIBS += -lboost_regex-mt
+else ifeq ($(os),Darwin)
+    LIBS += -lboost_regex-mt
 else
     LIBS += -lboost_regex
 endif
 
+
 debug ?= yes
 ifeq ($(debug),yes)
     CXXFLAGS += -DKAK_DEBUG
diff --git a/src/keys.cc b/src/keys.cc
index cecf9634..e3b2f111 100644
--- a/src/keys.cc
+++ b/src/keys.cc
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Key canonicalize_ifn(Key key)
 }
 
 using KeyAndName = std::pair<const char*, Codepoint>;
-static constexpr KeyAndName keynamemap[] = {
+static const KeyAndName keynamemap[] = {
     { "ret", '\r' },
     { "space", ' ' },
     { "tab", '\t' },
diff --git a/src/ncurses.cc b/src/ncurses.cc
index 4d59707a..4380c419 100644
--- a/src/ncurses.cc
+++ b/src/ncurses.cc
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@
 #define NCURSES_OPAQUE 0
 #define NCURSES_INTERNALS
 
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+#include <ncurses.h>
+#else
 #include <ncursesw/ncurses.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <termios.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
diff --git a/src/normal.cc b/src/normal.cc
index 73346a75..b0794e8f 100644
--- a/src/normal.cc
+++ b/src/normal.cc
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ void select_object(Context& context, int param)
                 return select<mode>(context, std::bind(sel.func, _1, _2, flags));
         }
 
-        static constexpr struct
+        static const struct
         {
             CodepointPair pair;
             Codepoint name;