diff --git a/m4/macosx.m4 b/m4/macosx.m4
index b934c5d9..d6919b89 100644
--- a/m4/macosx.m4
+++ b/m4/macosx.m4
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ if test "x$target_darwin" = "xyes" && test "x$ac_cv_mac_universal" = "xyes"; the
         ;;
     esac
     MAC_UNIVERSAL_CFLAGS="$mac_arches $mac_sysroot $mac_minversion"
-    MAC_UNIVERSAL_LDFLAGS="-dynamiclib"
+    MAC_UNIVERSAL_LDFLAGS="$mac_arches"
 fi
 AC_SUBST([MAC_UNIVERSAL_CFLAGS])
 AC_SUBST([MAC_UNIVERSAL_LDFLAGS])
diff --git a/scripts/mkappbundle.sh b/scripts/mkappbundle.sh
index e04153c9..0016f888 100755
--- a/scripts/mkappbundle.sh
+++ b/scripts/mkappbundle.sh
@@ -55,18 +55,15 @@ set -e
 
 cd "$build"
 
-if test "x$STRIP" = "x0"; then
-    INSTALL_PROGRAM_CMD="$INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM"
-else
-    INSTALL_PROGRAM_CMD="$INSTALL_PROGRAM"
-fi
-
 # bundle the binary
 appname="${PACKAGE_TARNAME}-${PACKAGE_VERSION}.app"
-echo "Creating ${build}/$bundle_dir/$appname"
+echo "creating ${build}/$bundle_dir/$appname"
 $mkinstalldirs "$bundle_dir/$appname/Contents/MacOS" "$bundle_dir/$appname/Contents/Resources"
 cd "$bundle_dir"
-$INSTALL_PROGRAM_CMD "${build}/$binary" "$appname/Contents/MacOS"
+$INSTALL_PROGRAM "${build}/$binary" "$appname/Contents/MacOS"
+if test "x$STRIP" != "x0"; then
+    strip -S "$appname/Contents/MacOS/$binary"
+fi
 $INSTALL_DATA "$icon" "$appname/Contents/Resources"
 echo "APPL${signature}" > "$appname/Contents/PkgInfo"
 sed -e "s!%%IDENTIFIER%%!${identifier}!g; s!%%NAME%%!${name}!g;\
@@ -79,7 +76,7 @@ fi
 
 
 # bundle the binary and its non-standard dependencies
-echo "Creating ${build}/$static_bundle_dir/$appname"
+echo "creating ${build}/$static_bundle_dir/$appname"
 cd ..
 $mkinstalldirs "$static_bundle_dir"
 cp -pR "$bundle_dir/$appname" "$static_bundle_dir"
@@ -107,5 +104,7 @@ while test "x$list" != "x"; do
 done
 
 cd "$build"
-hdiutil create -srcfolder "$bundle_dir" -format UDZO -tgtimagekey zlib-level=9 "$PACKAGE_TARNAME-$PACKAGE_VERSION-nolibs.dmg"
-hdiutil create -srcfolder "$static_bundle_dir" -format UDZO -tgtimagekey zlib-level=9 "$PACKAGE_TARNAME-$PACKAGE_VERSION.dmg"
+echo $ECHO_N "creating disk image"
+hdiutil create -ov -srcfolder "$bundle_dir" -format UDZO -tgtimagekey zlib-level=9 "$PACKAGE_TARNAME-$PACKAGE_VERSION-nolibs.dmg"
+echo $ECHO_N "creating disk image"
+hdiutil create -ov -srcfolder "$static_bundle_dir" -format UDZO -tgtimagekey zlib-level=9 "$PACKAGE_TARNAME-$PACKAGE_VERSION.dmg"
diff --git a/scripts/mkhamlibstatic.sh b/scripts/mkhamlibstatic.sh
index 828c064a..d498e59c 100755
--- a/scripts/mkhamlibstatic.sh
+++ b/scripts/mkhamlibstatic.sh
@@ -1,23 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+# This script must be run by make
+
 set -e
 
-if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
-    echo "Syntax: $0 obj-dir" >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-tmp="$1"
-binary="fldigi"
-
-if ! test -r "$binary"; then
-    echo "E: $binary not found"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 if test "x$PKG_CONFIG" != "x"; then
     hamlib_dir="$($PKG_CONFIG --variable=libdir hamlib)"
     if test "x$hamlib_dir" = "x"; then
-	echo "E: Could not determine hamlib \$libdir"
+	echo "E: Could not determine hamlib \$libdir" >&2
 	exit 1
     fi
 else
@@ -28,20 +18,24 @@ else
     fi
 fi
 
-rm -rf $tmp
-mkdir -p $tmp
-cd $tmp
-for i in "$hamlib_dir"/hamlib-*.a; do
-    ar x $i
-done
-cd ..
-
 case "$target_os" in
-     *cygwin*)
-	AM_LDFLAGS="$AM_LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-all-symbols"
+    *linux*)
+	AM_LDFLAGS="$AM_LDFLAGS -Wl,--whole-archive $hamlib_dir/hamlib-*.a -Wl,--no-whole-archive"
+	;;
+    *darwin*)
+        # Apple's ld isn't quite up to this task: there is no way to specify -all_load for
+        # only a subset of the libraries that we must link with. For this reason we resort
+        # to using the "dangerous" -m flag, which turns "multiply defined symbol" errors
+        # into warnings. This will probably not work for ppc64 and x86_64 universal binaries.
+	AM_LDFLAGS="$AM_LDFLAGS -Wl,-all_load -Wl,-m $hamlib_dir/hamlib-*.a"
+	;;
+    *cygwin*)
+	AM_LDFLAGS="$AM_LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-all-symbols -Wl,--whole-archive $hamlib_dir/hamlib-*.a -Wl,--no-whole-archive"
+	;;
+    *)
+	echo "E: This script does not support $target_os" >&2
+	exit 1
 	;;
 esac
 
-$CXX -o ${binary}${EXEEXT} $AM_CXXFLAGS $CXXFLAGS $AM_LDFLAGS $LDFLAGS $fldigi_OBJECTS $tmp/*.${OBJEXT} $fldigi_LDADD
-
-rm -rf $tmp
+$CXX -o ${1}${EXEEXT} $AM_CXXFLAGS $CXXFLAGS $AM_LDFLAGS $LDFLAGS $fldigi_OBJECTS $fldigi_LDADD
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 3418b19c..a1aaed0d 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ flgen: $(srcdir)/dialogs/confdialog.fl $(srcdir)/rigcontrol/rigdialog.fl
 endif
 
 if DARWIN
-appbundle:
+appbundle: fldigi
 	sh $(srcdir)/../scripts/mkappbundle.sh "$(srcdir)/../data" . \
 	$(PACKAGE_TARNAME)-$(PACKAGE_VERSION)-bundle-nolibs \
 	$(PACKAGE_TARNAME)-$(PACKAGE_VERSION)-bundle
@@ -100,9 +100,8 @@ CLEAN_LOCAL_FILES += $(PACKAGE_TARNAME)-$(PACKAGE_VERSION)-bundle-nolibs \
 endif
 
 if ENABLE_HAMLIB
-hamlib-static:
-	sh $(srcdir)/../scripts/mkhamlibstatic.sh hls-tmp
-CLEAN_LOCAL_FILES += hls-tmp
+hamlib-static: $(fldigi_OBJECTS)
+	sh $(srcdir)/../scripts/mkhamlibstatic.sh fldigi
 endif
 
 clean-local: