diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index d1dc6de..53a40fa 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -3,6 +3,39 @@ use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
 use Devel::CheckLib 'assert_lib';
 use Config;
 
+sub pkg_config($$)
+{
+  my ($cmd, $lib) = @_;
+  $cmd =~ s/_/-/g;
+  my $x = `pkg-config --$cmd $lib 2>/dev/null`;
+  chomp $x;
+  return $x;
+}
+
+sub check_homebrew
+{
+  # native libs and homebrew libs coredump if used together
+  return unless $^O eq 'darwin';
+  return unless $ENV{WITH_HOMEBREW};
+  my $found = 0;
+  my %ret;
+  for my $lib (qw(x11 gl glew)) {
+     my $v = pkg_config modversion => $lib;
+     next unless $v =~ /^\d/;
+     chomp $v;
+     print "found homebrew with $lib $v\n";
+     $ret{inc} .= ' ' . pkg_config cflags => $lib;
+     $ret{lib} .= ' ' . pkg_config libs => $lib;
+     $found++;
+  }
+  unless ( 3 == $found ) {
+     print "** warning: to use homebrew, x11 gl and glew have to be installed\n";
+     return;
+  }
+  $ret{lib} =~ s/-lGL\b// while 1 < @{[$ret{lib} =~ m/-lGL\b/g]};
+  return %ret;
+}
+
 my $include = "-I. -Iinclude";
 my $libs;
 my $define = "-DGLEW_NO_GLU -DGLEW_STATIC";
@@ -13,8 +46,15 @@ if ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) {
 } elsif ( $^O eq 'cygwin' ) {
   $libs = '-lGL -lX11';
 } elsif ( $^O eq 'darwin' ) {
-  $DYNS = { 'OTHERLDFLAGS' => '-framework OpenGL' };
-  $define .= " -Wno-compound-token-split-by-macro -DGL_SILENCE_DEPRECATION";
+  my %hb = check_homebrew;
+  if ( keys %hb ) {
+    $libs = $hb{lib};
+    $include .= $hb{inc};
+    $define .= " -DGLEW_HOMEBREW";
+  } else {
+    $DYNS = { 'OTHERLDFLAGS' => '-framework OpenGL' };
+    $define .= " -Wno-compound-token-split-by-macro -DGL_SILENCE_DEPRECATION";
+  }
 } else {
   $libs = '-lGL -lX11';
 }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4f3ef49..ad0a129 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ To install this module type the following:
 
 or cpan or cpanm.
 
+### MacOSX
+
+To build with homebrew and it's emulated MesaGL, run `env WITH_HOMEBREW=1 perl Makefile.PL`.
+
 ## COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
 
 Copyright (C) 2017 by Chris Marshall
diff --git a/glew.c b/glew.c
index d1b20a6..5f3df53 100644
--- a/glew.c
+++ b/glew.c
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
 #include GLEW_INCLUDE
 #endif
 
+#if defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(GLEW_HOMEBREW)
+#   define GLEW_APPLE_NATIVE
+#endif
+
 #if defined(GLEW_OSMESA)
 #  define GLAPI extern
 #  include <GL/osmesa.h>
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@
 #    undef NOGDI
 #  endif
 #  include <GL/wglew.h>
-#elif !defined(__ANDROID__) && !defined(__native_client__) && !defined(__HAIKU__) && (!defined(__APPLE__) || defined(GLEW_APPLE_GLX))
+#elif !defined(__ANDROID__) && !defined(__native_client__) && !defined(__HAIKU__) && (!defined(GLEW_APPLE_NATIVE) || defined(GLEW_APPLE_GLX))
 #  include <GL/glxew.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -97,7 +101,7 @@ void* dlGetProcAddress (const GLubyte* name)
 }
 #endif /* __sgi || __sun || GLEW_APPLE_GLX */
 
-#if defined(__APPLE__)
+#if defined(GLEW_APPLE_NATIVE)
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <AvailabilityMacros.h>
@@ -153,12 +157,15 @@ void* NSGLGetProcAddress (const GLubyte *name)
 #endif
 }
 #endif /* MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_3 */
-#endif /* __APPLE__ */
+#endif /* GLEW_APPLE_NATIVE */
 
 /*
  * Define glewGetProcAddress.
  */
-#if defined(GLEW_REGAL)
+#if defined(GLEW_HOMEBREW)
+#  define glewGetProcAddress(name) (*glXGetProcAddressARB)(name)
+#elif defined(GLEW_REGAL)
+#  define glewGetProcAddress(name) (*glXGetProcAddressARB)(name)
 #  define glewGetProcAddress(name) regalGetProcAddress((const GLchar *)name)
 #elif defined(GLEW_OSMESA)
 #  define glewGetProcAddress(name) OSMesaGetProcAddress((const char *)name)
@@ -166,7 +173,7 @@ void* NSGLGetProcAddress (const GLubyte *name)
 #  define glewGetProcAddress(name) eglGetProcAddress((const char *)name)
 #elif defined(_WIN32)
 #  define glewGetProcAddress(name) wglGetProcAddress((LPCSTR)name)
-#elif defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(GLEW_APPLE_GLX)
+#elif defined(GLEW_APPLE_NATIVE) && !defined(GLEW_APPLE_GLX)
 #  define glewGetProcAddress(name) NSGLGetProcAddress(name)
 #elif defined(__sgi) || defined(__sun) || defined(__HAIKU__)
 #  define glewGetProcAddress(name) dlGetProcAddress(name)
@@ -231,7 +238,7 @@ static GLuint _glewStrCopy(char *d, const char *s, char c)
 }
 
 #if !defined(GLEW_OSMESA)
-#if !defined(__APPLE__) || defined(GLEW_APPLE_GLX)
+#if !defined(GLEW_APPLE_NATIVE) || defined(GLEW_APPLE_GLX)
 static GLboolean _glewStrSame (const GLubyte* a, const GLubyte* b, GLuint n)
 {
   GLuint i=0;
@@ -303,7 +310,7 @@ static GLboolean _glewStrSame3 (const GLubyte** a, GLuint* na, const GLubyte* b,
  * string returned by glGetString might be in read-only memory.
  */
 #if !defined(GLEW_OSMESA)
-#if !defined(__APPLE__) || defined(GLEW_APPLE_GLX)
+#if !defined(GLEW_APPLE_NATIVE) || defined(GLEW_APPLE_GLX)
 static GLboolean _glewSearchExtension (const char* name, const GLubyte *start, const GLubyte *end)
 {
   const GLubyte* p;
@@ -19746,7 +19753,7 @@ GLenum GLEWAPIENTRY wglewInit ()
   return GLEW_OK;
 }
 
-#elif !defined(__ANDROID__) && !defined(__native_client__) && !defined(__HAIKU__) && (!defined(__APPLE__) || defined(GLEW_APPLE_GLX))
+#elif !defined(__ANDROID__) && !defined(__native_client__) && !defined(__HAIKU__) && (!defined(GLEW_APPLE_NATIVE) || defined(GLEW_APPLE_GLX))
 
 PFNGLXGETCURRENTDISPLAYPROC __glewXGetCurrentDisplay = NULL;
 
@@ -20821,7 +20828,7 @@ GLenum glxewInit ()
   return GLEW_OK;
 }
 
-#endif /* !defined(__ANDROID__) && !defined(__native_client__) && !defined(__HAIKU__) && (!defined(__APPLE__) || defined(GLEW_APPLE_GLX)) */
+#endif /* !defined(__ANDROID__) && !defined(__native_client__) && !defined(__HAIKU__) && (!defined(GLEW_APPLE_NATIVE) || defined(GLEW_APPLE_GLX)) */
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
 
@@ -20872,7 +20879,7 @@ GLenum GLEWAPIENTRY glewInit (void)
   return r;
 #elif defined(_WIN32)
   return wglewInit();
-#elif !defined(__APPLE__) || defined(GLEW_APPLE_GLX) /* _UNIX */
+#elif !defined(GLEW_APPLE_NATIVE) || defined(GLEW_APPLE_GLX) /* _UNIX */
   return glxewInit();
 #else
   return r;
@@ -27059,7 +27066,7 @@ GLboolean GLEWAPIENTRY wglewIsSupported (const char* name)
   return ret;
 }
 
-#elif !defined(GLEW_OSMESA) && !defined(GLEW_EGL) && !defined(__ANDROID__) && !defined(__native_client__) && !defined(__HAIKU__) && !defined(__APPLE__) || defined(GLEW_APPLE_GLX)
+#elif !defined(GLEW_OSMESA) && !defined(GLEW_EGL) && !defined(__ANDROID__) && !defined(__native_client__) && !defined(__HAIKU__) && !defined(GLEW_APPLE_NATIVE) || defined(GLEW_APPLE_GLX)
 
 GLboolean glxewIsSupported (const char* name)
 {