diff --git a/fmus/gain/CMakeLists.txt b/fmus/gain/CMakeLists.txt
index 1ae28d1..84cc091 100644
--- a/fmus/gain/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/fmus/gain/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ project(${FMU_NAME})
 if(WIN32)
     set(FMU_PLATFORM win)
     set(FMU_SO_SUFFIX ".dll")
+elseif(APPLE)
+    set(FMU_PLATFORM darwin)
+    set(FMU_SO_SUFFIX ".dylib")
 elseif(UNIX)
     set(FMU_PLATFORM linux)
     set(FMU_SO_SUFFIX ".so")
diff --git a/fmus/sinusGenerator/CMakeLists.txt b/fmus/sinusGenerator/CMakeLists.txt
index 3ae058c..072a4ad 100644
--- a/fmus/sinusGenerator/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/fmus/sinusGenerator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ project(${FMU_NAME})
 if(WIN32)
     set(FMU_PLATFORM win)
     set(FMU_SO_SUFFIX ".dll")
+elseif(APPLE)
+    set(FMU_PLATFORM darwin)
+    set(FMU_SO_SUFFIX ".dylib")
 elseif(UNIX)
     set(FMU_PLATFORM linux)
     set(FMU_SO_SUFFIX ".so")
diff --git a/fmus/vectorSum/CMakeLists.txt b/fmus/vectorSum/CMakeLists.txt
index 0979314..8b20887 100644
--- a/fmus/vectorSum/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/fmus/vectorSum/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ project(${FMU_NAME})
 if(WIN32)
     set(FMU_PLATFORM win)
     set(FMU_SO_SUFFIX ".dll")
+elseif(APPLE)
+    set(FMU_PLATFORM darwin)
+    set(FMU_SO_SUFFIX ".dylib")
 elseif(UNIX)
     set(FMU_PLATFORM linux)
     set(FMU_SO_SUFFIX ".so")
diff --git a/libs/util/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/util/CMakeLists.txt
index e8254b8..72f06de 100644
--- a/libs/util/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/util/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ if(WIN32)
     )
 else()
     set(UTIL_PLATFORM_SOURCES
-        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/linux/libs.c"
-        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/linux/os.c"
-        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/linux/paths.c"
-        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/linux/string.c"
+        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/unix/libs.c"
+        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/unix/os.c"
+        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/unix/paths.c"
+        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/unix/string.c"
     )
 endif()
 
diff --git a/libs/util/src/linux/libs.c b/libs/util/src/unix/libs.c
similarity index 87%
rename from libs/util/src/linux/libs.c
rename to libs/util/src/unix/libs.c
index efe7c2c..89733af 100644
--- a/libs/util/src/linux/libs.c
+++ b/libs/util/src/unix/libs.c
@@ -31,13 +31,20 @@ static McxStatus __mcx_dll_load(DllHandle * handle, const char * dllPath, int fl
     return RETURN_OK;
 }
 
-
 McxStatus mcx_dll_load(DllHandle * handle, const char * dllPath) {
+#if(__APPLE__)
+    return __mcx_dll_load(handle, dllPath, RTLD_LAZY|RTLD_LOCAL);
+#else
     return __mcx_dll_load(handle, dllPath, RTLD_LAZY|RTLD_LOCAL|RTLD_DEEPBIND);
+#endif
 }
 
 McxStatus mcx_dll_load_global(DllHandle * handle, const char * dllPath) {
+#if(__APPLE__)
+    return __mcx_dll_load(handle, dllPath, RTLD_LAZY|RTLD_GLOBAL);
+#else
     return __mcx_dll_load(handle, dllPath, RTLD_LAZY|RTLD_GLOBAL|RTLD_DEEPBIND);
+#endif
 }
 
 void * mcx_dll_get_function(DllHandle dllHandle, const char* functionName) {
@@ -55,4 +62,4 @@ void mcx_dll_free(DllHandle dllHandle)
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 } /* closing brace for extern "C" */
-#endif /* __cplusplus */
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
diff --git a/libs/util/src/linux/os.c b/libs/util/src/unix/os.c
similarity index 100%
rename from libs/util/src/linux/os.c
rename to libs/util/src/unix/os.c
diff --git a/libs/util/src/linux/paths.c b/libs/util/src/unix/paths.c
similarity index 100%
rename from libs/util/src/linux/paths.c
rename to libs/util/src/unix/paths.c
diff --git a/libs/util/src/linux/string.c b/libs/util/src/unix/string.c
similarity index 100%
rename from libs/util/src/linux/string.c
rename to libs/util/src/unix/string.c
diff --git a/mcx/CMakeLists.txt b/mcx/CMakeLists.txt
index 3d6957c..5d93ce5 100644
--- a/mcx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mcx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ target_link_libraries(${EXECUTABLE_NAME} PRIVATE mcx_common)
 
 source_group(TREE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/" PREFIX "Source Files" FILES ${MCX_EXE_SOURCES})
 
-if(UNIX)
+if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     set_target_properties(${EXECUTABLE_NAME} PROPERTIES LINK_OPTIONS -Wl,--exclude-libs,ALL)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 2de6bcc..732cb75 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ file(GLOB UTIL_HEADERS "util/*.h")
 if(WIN32)
     file(GLOB UTIL_SRC "util/win/*.c" "util/*.c" "util/common/*.c")
 else()
-    file(GLOB UTIL_SRC "util/linux/*.c" "util/*.c" "util/common/*.c")
+    file(GLOB UTIL_SRC "util/unix/*.c" "util/*.c" "util/common/*.c")
 endif()
 
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ target_compile_definitions(
 )
 
 
-if(UNIX)
+if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     set_target_properties(mcx_common PROPERTIES LINK_OPTIONS -Wl,--exclude-libs,ALL)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/src/objects/ObjectContainer.c b/src/objects/ObjectContainer.c
index 610d724..58f2db7 100644
--- a/src/objects/ObjectContainer.c
+++ b/src/objects/ObjectContainer.c
@@ -82,8 +82,14 @@ typedef struct {
     void * arg;
 } StrCmpCtx;
 
-static int ObjectContainerElementCmp(const void * first, const void * second, void * ctx) {
-    StrCmpCtx * data = (StrCmpCtx *)ctx;
+#if(__APPLE__)
+static int ObjectContainerElementCmp(void *ctx, const void *first,
+                                     const void *second) {
+#else
+static int ObjectContainerElementCmp(const void * first, const void * second,
+                                     void * ctx) {
+#endif
+    StrCmpCtx *data = (StrCmpCtx *)ctx;
 
     ObjectContainerElement * firstElement = (ObjectContainerElement *) first;
     ObjectContainerElement * secondElement = (ObjectContainerElement *) second;
diff --git a/src/util/linux/stdlib.c b/src/util/linux/stdlib.c
deleted file mode 100644
index ef36f9f..0000000
--- a/src/util/linux/stdlib.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/********************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2020 AVL List GmbH and others
- * 
- * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
- * terms of the Apache Software License 2.0 which is available at
- * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
- * 
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- ********************************************************************************/
-
-#include "CentralParts.h"
-
-#include "util/stdlib.h"
-
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif /* __cplusplus */
-
-
-void mcx_sort(void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size, int (*compar)(const void *, const void *, void *), void *arg) {
-    qsort_r(base, nmemb, size, compar, arg);
-}
-
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-} /* closing brace for extern "C" */
-#endif /* __cplusplus */
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/util/mutex.h b/src/util/mutex.h
index fbaea8e..41960c2 100644
--- a/src/util/mutex.h
+++ b/src/util/mutex.h
@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@
 #ifndef MCX_UTIL_MUTEX_H
 #define MCX_UTIL_MUTEX_H
 
-#include "CentralParts.h"
+#if(__APPLE__)
+#include "sys/types.h"
+#endif
 
+#include "CentralParts.h"
 #if defined (ENABLE_MT)
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/src/util/stdlib.h b/src/util/stdlib.h
index 52332c2..55a1764 100644
--- a/src/util/stdlib.h
+++ b/src/util/stdlib.h
@@ -32,8 +32,14 @@ extern "C" {
  * is the context passed to mcx_sort.
  * @param arg context for the compar function
  */
-void mcx_sort(void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size, int (*compar)(const void *, const void *, void *), void *arg);
 
+#if(__APPLE__)
+void mcx_sort(void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size,
+              int (*compar)(void *, const void *, const void *), void *arg);
+#else
+void mcx_sort(void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size,
+              int (*compar)(const void *, const void *, void *), void *arg);
+#endif
 int mcx_natural_sort_cmp(const char * left, const char * right);
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/util/threads.h b/src/util/threads.h
index 8bf9d1e..d8ffc34 100644
--- a/src/util/threads.h
+++ b/src/util/threads.h
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
+#if(__APPLE__)
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#endif
+
 #if defined(OS_WINDOWS)
 #define _WINSOCKAPI_    // stops windows.h including winsock.h
 #include <windows.h>
diff --git a/src/util/linux/events.c b/src/util/unix/events.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/util/linux/events.c
rename to src/util/unix/events.c
diff --git a/src/util/linux/mutex.c b/src/util/unix/mutex.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/util/linux/mutex.c
rename to src/util/unix/mutex.c
diff --git a/src/util/linux/signals.c b/src/util/unix/signals.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/util/linux/signals.c
rename to src/util/unix/signals.c
diff --git a/src/util/linux/socket.c b/src/util/unix/socket.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/util/linux/socket.c
rename to src/util/unix/socket.c
diff --git a/src/util/unix/stdlib.c b/src/util/unix/stdlib.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69d7068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/unix/stdlib.c
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/********************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2020 AVL List GmbH and others
+ * 
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Apache Software License 2.0 which is available at
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+ * 
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ ********************************************************************************/
+
+#include "CentralParts.h"
+
+#include "util/stdlib.h"
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
+
+
+#if (__APPLE__)
+void mcx_sort(void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size,
+              int (*compar)(void *, const void *, const void *), void *arg) {
+    // FreeBSD added qsort_r in Sept 2002, but with a poor interface. In
+    // 2008 GNU fixed the interface and decided the compatibility breakage
+    // was worth it following ISO. Linux is GNU. OS X is a mish-mash of many
+    // things, but for C it follows BSD. As a result, we have difference in
+    // the non-standard qsort_r function.
+    // See https://stackoverflow.com/a/39561369 for details.
+    qsort_r(base, nmemb, size, arg, compar);
+}
+#else
+void mcx_sort(void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size,
+              int (*compar)(const void *, const void *, void *), void *arg) {
+   qsort_r(base, nmemb, size, compar, arg);
+}
+#endif
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+} /* closing brace for extern "C" */
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/util/linux/threads.c b/src/util/unix/threads.c
similarity index 55%
rename from src/util/linux/threads.c
rename to src/util/unix/threads.c
index 434cad1..2c9f6aa 100644
--- a/src/util/linux/threads.c
+++ b/src/util/unix/threads.c
@@ -44,6 +44,66 @@ int mcx_thread_join(McxThread handle, long * ret) {
     return pthread_join(handle, (void * *) ret);
 }
 
+struct args {
+    int joined;
+    pthread_t td;
+    pthread_mutex_t mtx;
+    pthread_cond_t cond;
+    void **res;
+};
+
+static void *waiter(void *ap)
+{
+    struct args *args = ap;
+    pthread_join(args->td, args->res);
+    pthread_mutex_lock(&args->mtx);
+    args->joined = 1;
+    pthread_mutex_unlock(&args->mtx);
+    pthread_cond_signal(&args->cond);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+// Portable implementation of `pthread_timedjoin_np()`. Inspired 
+// and copied from https://stackoverflow.com/a/11552244. As this
+// implementation is more costly than `pthread_timedjoin_np()`, 
+// we only use this portable version for Apple platforms. 
+int pthread_timedjoin_p(pthread_t td, void **res, struct timespec *ts)
+{
+    pthread_t tmp;
+    int ret;
+    struct args args = { .td = td, .res = res };
+
+    pthread_mutex_init(&args.mtx, 0);
+    pthread_cond_init(&args.cond, 0);
+    pthread_mutex_lock(&args.mtx);
+
+    ret = pthread_create(&tmp, 0, waiter, &args);
+    if (!ret) {
+        do {
+            ret = pthread_cond_timedwait(&args.cond, &args.mtx, ts);
+        } while (!args.joined && ret != ETIMEDOUT);
+    }
+
+    pthread_mutex_unlock(&args.mtx);
+
+    pthread_cancel(tmp);
+    pthread_join(tmp, 0);
+
+    pthread_cond_destroy(&args.cond);
+    pthread_mutex_destroy(&args.mtx);
+
+    return args.joined ? 0 : ret;
+}
+
+int pthread_timedjoin(pthread_t handle, void **ret, struct timespec *time) 
+{
+#if(__APPLE__)
+    return pthread_timedjoin_p(handle, ret, time);
+#else
+    return pthread_timedjoin_np(handle, ret, time);
+#endif
+}
+
 int mcx_thread_join_with_timeout(McxThread handle, long * ret, int secs) {
     struct timespec time;
     int status = 0;
@@ -53,7 +113,7 @@ int mcx_thread_join_with_timeout(McxThread handle, long * ret, int secs) {
 
     time.tv_sec += secs;
 
-    status = pthread_timedjoin_np(handle, (void * *) ret, &time);
+    status = pthread_timedjoin(handle, (void * *) ret, &time);
     if (status) {
         const char * cause = NULL;
 
@@ -79,4 +139,4 @@ int mcx_thread_join_with_timeout(McxThread handle, long * ret, int secs) {
 } /* closing brace for extern "C" */
 #endif /* __cplusplus */
 
-#endif // ENABLE_MT
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif // ENABLE_MT
diff --git a/src/util/linux/time.c b/src/util/unix/time.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/util/linux/time.c
rename to src/util/unix/time.c