diff --git i/Makefile.PL w/Makefile.PL
index 71026ef..89af82a 100644
--- i/Makefile.PL
+++ w/Makefile.PL
@@ -35,12 +35,18 @@ my $has_openssl = check_lib(
 if ( $has_openssl ) {
     push @defines, '-DNAR_HAVE_OPENSSL';
     push @libs, '-lssl', '-lcrypto';
+    if ( $^O eq 'darwin') {
+        unshift @libs, '-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib';
+    }
     if ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) {
         push @inc, "-Irabbitmq-include/win32";
     }
     else {
         push @inc, "-Irabbitmq-include/unix";
     }
+    if ( $^O eq 'darwin') {
+        unshift @inc, '-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include';
+    }
 }
 
 my $ofiles = '';
@@ -52,6 +58,10 @@ foreach ( <*.c> ){
     $_ =~ s/.c$/.o/;
     $ofiles .= "$_ ";
 }
+if ( $^O eq 'darwin' ) {
+    # avoid "duplicate symbol" errors
+    $ofiles =~ s{RabbitMQ\.o}{};
+}
 
 my %WriteMakefileArgs = (
     NAME            => 'Net::AMQP::RabbitMQ',