diff --git a/library/CMakeLists.txt b/library/CMakeLists.txt
index ce73741a2..1513e1dca 100644
--- a/library/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/library/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ IF(APPLE)
     TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(dfhack ${SDL_LIBRARY})
     TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(dfhack ${CXX_LIBRARY})
     TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(dfhack ${ZIP_LIBRARY})
+    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(dfhack ncurses)
     SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(dfhack PROPERTIES VERSION 1.0.0)
     SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(dfhack PROPERTIES SOVERSION 1.0.0)
 ENDIF()
diff --git a/library/Hooks-darwin.cpp b/library/Hooks-darwin.cpp
index 81ed828bc..8bed6bb75 100644
--- a/library/Hooks-darwin.cpp
+++ b/library/Hooks-darwin.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ DYLD_INTERPOSE(DFH_SDL_Init,SDL_Init);
 DYLD_INTERPOSE(DFH_SDL_PollEvent,SDL_PollEvent);
 DYLD_INTERPOSE(DFH_SDL_Quit,SDL_Quit);
 DYLD_INTERPOSE(DFH_SDL_NumJoysticks,SDL_NumJoysticks);
+DYLD_INTERPOSE(DFH_wgetch,wgetch);
 
 /*******************************************************************************
 *                           SDL part starts here                               *
@@ -127,16 +128,11 @@ DFhackCExport int SDL_PushEvent(SDL::Event* event)
 }
 
 struct WINDOW;
-DFhackCExport int wgetch(WINDOW *win)
+DFhackCExport int DFH_wgetch(WINDOW *win)
 {
-    static int (*_wgetch)(WINDOW * win) = (int (*)( WINDOW * )) dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "wgetch");
-    if(!_wgetch)
-    {
-        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-    }
     DFHack::Core & c = DFHack::Core::getInstance();
     wgetch_again:
-    int in = _wgetch(win);
+    int in = wgetch(win);
     int out;
     if(c.ncurses_wgetch(in, out))
     {
diff --git a/library/include/Core.h b/library/include/Core.h
index f76ba2b73..6bcf9ee8e 100644
--- a/library/include/Core.h
+++ b/library/include/Core.h
@@ -109,13 +109,14 @@ namespace DFHack
         friend void ::DFH_SDL_Quit(void);
         friend int  ::DFH_SDL_PollEvent(SDL::Event *);
         friend int  ::DFH_SDL_Init(uint32_t flags);
+        friend int  ::DFH_wgetch(WINDOW * w);
 #else
         friend int  ::SDL_NumJoysticks(void);
         friend void ::SDL_Quit(void);
         friend int  ::SDL_PollEvent(SDL::Event *);
         friend int  ::SDL_Init(uint32_t flags);
-#endif
         friend int  ::wgetch(WINDOW * w);
+#endif
         friend int  ::egg_init(void);
         friend int  ::egg_shutdown(void);
         friend int  ::egg_tick(void);
diff --git a/library/include/Hooks.h b/library/include/Hooks.h
index f29290cc3..97caecfa5 100644
--- a/library/include/Hooks.h
+++ b/library/include/Hooks.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ DFhackCExport int DFH_SDL_NumJoysticks(void);
 DFhackCExport void DFH_SDL_Quit(void);
 DFhackCExport int DFH_SDL_PollEvent(SDL::Event* event);
 DFhackCExport int DFH_SDL_Init(uint32_t flags);
+DFhackCExport int DFH_wgetch(WINDOW * win);
 #endif
 DFhackCExport int SDL_NumJoysticks(void);
 DFhackCExport void SDL_Quit(void);