diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 327da9983c..41bdc8f358 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Bugfix
      was creating an invalid ASN.1 tag. Found by Aryeh R. Fixes #1257.
    * Fix compilation error on C++, because of a variable named new.
      Found and fixed by Hirotaka Niisato in #1783.
+   * Fix "no symbols" warning issued by ranlib when building on Mac OS X. Fix
+     contributed by tabascoeye in pull request #1600.
 
 Changes
    * Change the shebang line in Perl scripts to look up perl in the PATH.
diff --git a/library/CMakeLists.txt b/library/CMakeLists.txt
index bb3d19cd85..75cc9a05f6 100644
--- a/library/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/library/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -101,6 +101,13 @@ if(WIN32)
     set(libs ${libs} ws2_32)
 endif(WIN32)
 
+if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
+    SET(CMAKE_C_ARCHIVE_CREATE   "<CMAKE_AR> Scr <TARGET> <LINK_FLAGS> <OBJECTS>")
+    SET(CMAKE_CXX_ARCHIVE_CREATE "<CMAKE_AR> Scr <TARGET> <LINK_FLAGS> <OBJECTS>")
+    SET(CMAKE_C_ARCHIVE_FINISH   "<CMAKE_RANLIB> -no_warning_for_no_symbols -c <TARGET>")
+    SET(CMAKE_CXX_ARCHIVE_FINISH "<CMAKE_RANLIB> -no_warning_for_no_symbols -c <TARGET>")
+endif()
+
 if(USE_PKCS11_HELPER_LIBRARY)
     set(libs ${libs} pkcs11-helper)
 endif(USE_PKCS11_HELPER_LIBRARY)
diff --git a/library/Makefile b/library/Makefile
index b42ebc80f0..b1597e0e51 100644
--- a/library/Makefile
+++ b/library/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ endif
 # if were running on Windows build for Windows
 ifdef WINDOWS
 WINDOWS_BUILD=1
+else ifeq ($(shell uname -s),Darwin)
+ifeq ($(AR),ar)
+APPLE_BUILD ?= 1
+endif
 endif
 
 # To compile as a shared library:
@@ -35,16 +39,28 @@ SOEXT_TLS=so.11
 SOEXT_X509=so.0
 SOEXT_CRYPTO=so.3
 
-# Set DLEXT=dylib to compile as a shared library for Mac OS X
-DLEXT ?= so
-
 # Set AR_DASH= (empty string) to use an ar implentation that does not accept
 # the - prefix for command line options (e.g. llvm-ar)
 AR_DASH ?= -
 
-# Windows shared library extension:
+ARFLAGS = $(AR_DASH)src
+ifdef APPLE_BUILD
+ifneq ($(APPLE_BUILD),0)
+ARFLAGS = $(AR_DASH)Src
+RLFLAGS = -no_warning_for_no_symbols -c
+RL ?= ranlib
+endif
+endif
+
+DLEXT ?= so
 ifdef WINDOWS_BUILD
-DLEXT=dll
+# Windows shared library extension:
+DLEXT = dll
+else ifdef APPLE_BUILD
+ifneq ($(APPLE_BUILD),0)
+# Mac OS X shared library extension:
+DLEXT = dylib
+endif
 endif
 
 OBJS_CRYPTO=	aes.o		aesni.o		arc4.o		\
@@ -97,9 +113,13 @@ shared: libmbedcrypto.$(DLEXT) libmbedx509.$(DLEXT) libmbedtls.$(DLEXT)
 # tls
 libmbedtls.a: $(OBJS_TLS)
 	echo "  AR    $@"
-	$(AR) $(AR_DASH)rc $@ $(OBJS_TLS)
+	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $(OBJS_TLS)
+ifdef APPLE_BUILD
+ifneq ($(APPLE_BUILD),0)
 	echo "  RL    $@"
-	$(AR) $(AR_DASH)s $@
+	$(RL) $(RLFLAGS) $@
+endif
+endif
 
 libmbedtls.$(SOEXT_TLS): $(OBJS_TLS) libmbedx509.so
 	echo "  LD    $@"
@@ -120,9 +140,13 @@ libmbedtls.dll: $(OBJS_TLS) libmbedx509.dll
 # x509
 libmbedx509.a: $(OBJS_X509)
 	echo "  AR    $@"
-	$(AR) $(AR_DASH)rc $@ $(OBJS_X509)
+	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $(OBJS_X509)
+ifdef APPLE_BUILD
+ifneq ($(APPLE_BUILD),0)
 	echo "  RL    $@"
-	$(AR) $(AR_DASH)s $@
+	$(RL) $(RLFLAGS) $@
+endif
+endif
 
 libmbedx509.$(SOEXT_X509): $(OBJS_X509) libmbedcrypto.so
 	echo "  LD    $@"
@@ -143,9 +167,13 @@ libmbedx509.dll: $(OBJS_X509) libmbedcrypto.dll
 # crypto
 libmbedcrypto.a: $(OBJS_CRYPTO)
 	echo "  AR    $@"
-	$(AR) $(AR_DASH)rc $@ $(OBJS_CRYPTO)
+	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $(OBJS_CRYPTO)
+ifdef APPLE_BUILD
+ifneq ($(APPLE_BUILD),0)
 	echo "  RL    $@"
-	$(AR) $(AR_DASH)s $@
+	$(RL) $(RLFLAGS) $@
+endif
+endif
 
 libmbedcrypto.$(SOEXT_CRYPTO): $(OBJS_CRYPTO)
 	echo "  LD    $@"