diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6c006bfcf..4867b2948 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 DFHack future
 
-     Fixes:
-          hack-wish should work now.
+    Internals:
+        - Plugins on OS X now use ".plug.dylib" as an extension instead of ".plug.so"
+    Fixes:
+        - hack-wish should work now
 
 DFHack v0.40.10-r1
 
diff --git a/library/PluginManager.cpp b/library/PluginManager.cpp
index 28d57c76f..ad390d507 100644
--- a/library/PluginManager.cpp
+++ b/library/PluginManager.cpp
@@ -696,7 +696,11 @@ void PluginManager::init(Core * core)
 {
 #ifdef LINUX_BUILD
     string path = core->getHackPath() + "plugins/";
+#ifdef _DARWIN
+    const string searchstr = ".plug.dylib";
+#else
     const string searchstr = ".plug.so";
+#endif
 #else
     string path = core->getHackPath() + "plugins\\";
     const string searchstr = ".plug.dll";
diff --git a/plugins/Plugins.cmake b/plugins/Plugins.cmake
index 832ebebec..e5d0c3bae 100644
--- a/plugins/Plugins.cmake
+++ b/plugins/Plugins.cmake
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ MACRO(DFHACK_PLUGIN)
     TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${PLUGIN_NAME} dfhack ${PLUGIN_LINK_LIBRARIES})
   ENDIF()
 
-  IF(UNIX)
+  IF(APPLE)
+    SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${PLUGIN_NAME} PROPERTIES SUFFIX .plug.dylib PREFIX "")
+  ELSEIF(UNIX)
     SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${PLUGIN_NAME} PROPERTIES SUFFIX .plug.so PREFIX "")
   ELSE()
     SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${PLUGIN_NAME} PROPERTIES SUFFIX .plug.dll)