diff --git a/library/CMakeLists.txt b/library/CMakeLists.txt
index e0ad3606b..e4de8bafc 100644
--- a/library/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/library/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -306,6 +306,12 @@ IF(UNIX)
                 DESTINATION .)
         install(PROGRAMS ${dfhack_SOURCE_DIR}/package/darwin/dfhack-run
                 DESTINATION .)
+        OPTION(INSTALL_NEW_LIBSTDCXX "Install a version of libstdc++ from GCC 4.5.4 to fix various crashes" ON)
+        IF(INSTALL_NEW_LIBSTDCXX)
+            execute_process(COMMAND bunzip2 --keep --force ${dfhack_SOURCE_DIR}/package/darwin/libstdc++.6.dylib.bz2)
+            install(PROGRAMS ${dfhack_SOURCE_DIR}/package/darwin/libstdc++.6.dylib
+                DESTINATION ./hack/)
+        ENDIF(INSTALL_NEW_LIBSTDCXX)
     else()
         # On linux, copy our version of the df launch script which sets LD_PRELOAD
         install(PROGRAMS ${dfhack_SOURCE_DIR}/package/linux/dfhack
diff --git a/package/darwin/libstdc++.6.dylib.bz2 b/package/darwin/libstdc++.6.dylib.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ff995c63
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