diff --git a/libs/temporal/wscript b/libs/temporal/wscript
index 65616ad52e..83f566a458 100644
--- a/libs/temporal/wscript
+++ b/libs/temporal/wscript
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def build(bld):
     obj.vnum         = TEMPORAL_LIB_VERSION
     obj.install_path = bld.env['LIBDIR']
     obj.defines     += [ 'PACKAGE="' + I18N_PACKAGE + '"' ]
-    obj.uselib       = [ 'GLIBMM', 'XML' ]
+    obj.uselib       = [ 'GLIBMM', 'XML', 'OSX' ]
     obj.use          = [ 'libpbd' ]
 
 def shutdown():