--- /dev/null
+--- a/config.mk
++++ b/config.mk
+@@ -64,9 +64,17 @@ HOSTSTRIP = strip
+ #
+
+ ifeq ($(HOSTOS),darwin)
+-HOSTCC = cc
+-HOSTCFLAGS += -traditional-cpp
+-HOSTLDFLAGS += -multiply_defined suppress
++#get the major and minor product version (e.g. '10' and '6' for Snow Leopard)
++DARWIN_MAJOR_VERSION = $(shell sw_vers -productVersion | cut -f 1 -d '.')
++DARWIN_MINOR_VERSION = $(shell sw_vers -productVersion | cut -f 2 -d '.')
++
++before-snow-leopard = $(shell if [ $(DARWIN_MAJOR_VERSION) -le 10 -a \
++ $(DARWIN_MINOR_VERSION) -le 5 ] ; then echo "$(1)"; else echo "$(2)"; fi ;)
++
++# Snow Leopards build environment has no longer restrictions as described above
++HOSTCC = $(call before-snow-leopard, "cc", "gcc")
++HOSTCFLAGS += $(call before-snow-leopard, "-traditional-cpp")
++HOSTLDFLAGS += $(call before-snow-leopard, "-multiply_defined suppress")
+ else
+ HOSTCC = gcc
+ endif