diff --git a/nimjl/config.nim b/nimjl/config.nim
index 6e28207..718edf2 100644
--- a/nimjl/config.nim
+++ b/nimjl/config.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-import std/os
-import std/strutils
+import std/[os, strutils, strformat]
+
+when defined(windows):
+  {.error: "Compilation on windows is not supported.".}
 
 proc JuliaBinPath*() : string {.compileTime.} =
   gorge("julia -E Sys.BINDIR").replace("\"", "")
@@ -14,23 +16,49 @@ const JuliaHeader* = "julia.h"
 const JuliaLibPath* = JuliaPath / "lib"
 const JuliaDepPath* = JuliaPath / "lib" / "julia"
 
-const JlVersionCmd = JuliaPath / "bin" / "julia" & " -E VERSION"
-const (cmdOutput, exitCode) = gorgeEx(JlVersionCmd)
-static:
-  echo "Nimjl> ", JuliaPath
-when exitCode != 0:
-  {.error: "Nimjl> Fatal error ! Julia could not be found on your system.".}
+const libPrefix = "lib"
+when defined(osx):
+  const libSuffix = ".dylib"
+else:
+  const libSuffix = ".so"
+
+const JuliaLibName* = JuliaLibPath / libPrefix & "julia" & libSuffix
+
+when defined(nimjl_cross_compile):
+  # This will use bash to extract the version from the naming of the file
+  # It's less robust and thus not preferred but necessary for cross-compilation
+  const
+    JuliaLibPattern = JuliaLibPath / libPrefix & "julia*" & libSuffix
+    prefixLen = len(libPrefix)+len("julia")+1 # length of the string 'libjulia.'
+    suffixLen = len(libSuffix)
+
+  const JlVersionCmd = &"fullname=$(echo {JuliaLibPath}/libjulia.*.*.*.dylib); name=$(basename ${{fullname}}); vers=${{name:{prefixLen}:{suffixLen} }}; echo $vers"
+  const (cmdOutput, exitCode) = gorgeEx(JlVersionCmd)
+  when exitCode != 0:
+    {.error: "Nimjl> Fatal error ! Julia could not be found on your system.".}
+  # The bash line is just paramters expansion + string substitution to extract the version from the name
+  # This assumes the files is always called : libjulia.so OR libjulia.dylib for osx
+  const JuliaArrayVersion* = cmdOutput.split(".")
+  const JuliaMajorVersion* = JuliaArrayVersion[0].parseInt()
+  const JuliaMinorVersion* = JuliaArrayVersion[1].parseInt()
+  const JuliaPatchVersion* = JuliaArrayVersion[2].parseInt()
 
-const JuliaArrayVersion* = cmdOutput.split("\"")[1].split(".")
 
+else:
+  const JlVersionCmd = JuliaPath / "bin" / "julia" & " -E VERSION"
+  const (cmdOutput, exitCode) = gorgeEx(JlVersionCmd)
+  when exitCode != 0:
+    {.error: "Nimjl> Fatal error ! Julia could not be found on your system.".}
+  const JuliaArrayVersion* = cmdOutput.split("\"")[1].split(".")
   # For release : result has the form ["v", "1.6.0", ""] -> splitting [1] yields ["1", "6, "0"]
   # For dev: result has the form ["v", "1.7.0-DEV", "667"] -> splitting [1] yields ["1", "7, "0-DEV", "667"]
-const JuliaMajorVersion* = JuliaArrayVersion[0].parseInt()
-const JuliaMinorVersion* = JuliaArrayVersion[1].parseInt()
-const JuliaPatchVersion* = JuliaArrayVersion[2].parseInt()
-const libPrefix = "lib"
-const libSuffix = ".so"
-const JuliaLibName* = JuliaLibPath / libPrefix & "julia" & libSuffix
+  const JuliaMajorVersion* = JuliaArrayVersion[0].parseInt()
+  const JuliaMinorVersion* = JuliaArrayVersion[1].parseInt()
+  const JuliaPatchVersion* = JuliaArrayVersion[2].parseInt()
+
+static:
+  echo "Nimjl> ", JuliaPath, ", version:", JuliaMajorVersion, ".", JuliaMinorVersion, ".", JuliaPatchVersion
+
 
 # TODO: handle more platform
 {.passC: " -DJulia_ENABLE_THREADING=1".}
@@ -46,4 +74,3 @@ const JuliaLibName* = JuliaLibPath / libPrefix & "julia" & libSuffix
 when (JuliaMajorVersion, JuliaMinorVersion) == (1, 6):
   const internalJuliaLibName* = JuliaDepPath / libPrefix & "julia-internal" & libSuffix
   {.passL: "-ljulia-internal".}
-