diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bda238801..37808a5bb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ option(FORCE_CMAKE "Force CMake build of Python bindings" OFF)
 
 set(FORCE_CMAKE $ENV{FORCE_CMAKE})
 
-if (UNIX AND NOT FORCE_CMAKE)
+if (UNIX AND NOT FORCE_CMAKE AND NOT APPLE)
     add_custom_command(
         OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/llama.cpp/libllama.so
         COMMAND make libllama.so
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ else()
     set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "On")
     add_subdirectory(vendor/llama.cpp)
     install(
-        TARGETS llama 
+        TARGETS llama
         LIBRARY DESTINATION llama_cpp
         RUNTIME DESTINATION llama_cpp
     )
-endif(UNIX)
+endif(UNIX AND NOT FORCE_CMAKE AND NOT APPLE)
diff --git a/llama_cpp/llama_cpp.py b/llama_cpp/llama_cpp.py
index e0424c6a4..e8b8403c6 100644
--- a/llama_cpp/llama_cpp.py
+++ b/llama_cpp/llama_cpp.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def _load_shared_library(lib_base_name):
     if sys.platform.startswith("linux"):
         lib_ext = ".so"
     elif sys.platform == "darwin":
-        lib_ext = ".so"
+        lib_ext = ".dylib"
     elif sys.platform == "win32":
         lib_ext = ".dll"
     else: