diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 546f5722c..970c11b8e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ ifeq (Darwin,$(findstring Darwin,$(shell uname)))
 	# add macports/homebrew include and library path to search directories, don't use '-rdynamic' and '-lrt':
 	CXXFLAGS += -I/opt/local/include -I/usr/local/opt/readline/include
 	LDFLAGS += -L/opt/local/lib -L/usr/local/opt/readline/lib
+	# add homebrew's libffi include and library path
+	CXXFLAGS += $(shell PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$$(brew list libffi | grep pkgconfig | xargs dirname) pkg-config --silence-errors --cflags libffi)
+	LDFLAGS += $(shell PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$$(brew list libffi | grep pkgconfig | xargs dirname) pkg-config --silence-errors --libs libffi)
 	SED = gsed
 else
 	LDFLAGS += -rdynamic