diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index 6168a39..6fb8e91 120000
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -1 +1 @@
-/usr/share/automake-1.11/COPYING
\ No newline at end of file
+/opt/local/share/automake-1.11/COPYING
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index cbd1c80..7a6487f 120000
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1 +1 @@
-/usr/share/automake-1.11/INSTALL
\ No newline at end of file
+/opt/local/share/automake-1.11/INSTALL
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/examples/makefile.am b/doc/examples/makefile.am
index 5468967..a25dc50 100644
--- a/doc/examples/makefile.am
+++ b/doc/examples/makefile.am
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ endif
 LDFLAGS=
 if MAC
 AM_CPPFLAGS+=-I/Library/OpenSC/include
-LDFLAGS += -F/System/Library/Frameworks/PCSC.framework -framework PCSC
+LDFLAGS += -F/System/Library/Frameworks/PCSC.framework -framework PCSC -L/opt/local/lib -lcrypto
 endif
 if !MINGW32
 if !MAC
diff --git a/src/makefile.am b/src/makefile.am
index 9027d5c..91d4ead 100644
--- a/src/makefile.am
+++ b/src/makefile.am
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include_HEADERS = pcsc.hxx cryptoki.hxx openssl.hxx cryptaux.hxx
 
 if MAC
 AM_CPPFLAGS += -I/opt/local/include -I/Library/OpenSC/include
-AM_LDFLAGS = -F/System/Library/Frameworks/PCSC.framework
+AM_LDFLAGS = -F/System/Library/Frameworks/PCSC.framework -L/opt/local/lib
 endif
 
 pkcs11dir = ${includedir}/pkcs11
diff --git a/test/makefile.am b/test/makefile.am
index 94521ad..684953a 100644
--- a/test/makefile.am
+++ b/test/makefile.am
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 ##       1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8
 ## 45678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
 
-AM_CXXFLAGS += -I ${top_srcdir}/src
+AM_CXXFLAGS = -I ${top_srcdir}/src
 AM_LDFLAGS = -L${top_builddir}/src
 LDADD = -lcppunit
 
+if MAC 
+AM_LDFLAGS += -L/opt/local/lib 
+AM_CPPFLAGS += -I/opt/local/include 
+endif 
+
 check_PROGRAMS = sharedpointer_test
 TESTS=${check_PROGRAMS}