diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d7a01dfe..7a4e1301 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ CFLAGS += -Wall -ggdb -falign-functions=2
 CFLAGS += -I. -DINLINE=inline
 ifndef DEBUG
 CFLAGS += -O2 -DNDEBUG -ffunction-sections
-ifeq ($(findstring clang,$(CC)),)
+ifneq ($(APPLE),1)
 LDFLAGS += -Wl,--gc-sections
 endif
 endif
diff --git a/Makefile.libretro b/Makefile.libretro
index 76795050..fdb268bc 100644
--- a/Makefile.libretro
+++ b/Makefile.libretro
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ else ifneq ($(findstring MINGW,$(shell uname -a)),)
    platform = win
 else ifneq ($(findstring Darwin,$(shell uname -a)),)
    platform = osx
+   arch = intel
+ifeq ($(shell uname -p),powerpc)
+   arch = ppc
+endif
 else ifneq ($(findstring win,$(shell uname -a)),)
    platform = win
 endif
@@ -34,10 +38,22 @@ ifeq ($(platform), unix)
    SHARED := -shared
 else ifeq ($(platform), osx)
    TARGET := $(TARGET_NAME)_libretro.dylib
-   SHARED := -dynamiclib -mmacosx-version-min=10.6
+   SHARED := -dynamiclib
+   APPLE := 1
+
+   arch = intel
+ifeq ($(shell uname -p),powerpc)
+   arch = ppc
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(arch),ppc)
+else
+   SHARED += -mmacosx-version-min=10.6
+endif
 else ifeq ($(platform), ios)
    TARGET := $(TARGET_NAME)_libretro_ios.dylib
    SHARED := -dynamiclib
+   APPLE := 1
 
    CC = clang -arch armv7 -isysroot $(IOSSDK) -miphoneos-version-min=5.0
    CXX = clang++ -arch armv7 -isysroot $(IOSSDK) -miphoneos-version-min=5.0