diff --git a/OCRmyPDF.sh b/OCRmyPDF.sh
index 2b831153..badea83b 100755
--- a/OCRmyPDF.sh
+++ b/OCRmyPDF.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2013-14: fritz-hh from Github (https://github.com/fritz-hh)
 ##############################################################################
 
+# Darwin/OS X has not evolved a proper readlink yet
+if [ $(uname) == "Darwin" ]; then
+	function readlink() {
+		python -c 'import os,sys; print os.path.realpath(sys.argv[1])' "$2"
+	}
+fi
+
 # Import required scripts
 BASEPATH="$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))"
 . "$BASEPATH/src/config.sh"