diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d39f35d..b89734c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ gcc-$(GCC_VER)/build/.mcm_installed: gcc-$(GCC_VER)/build/.mcm_built
 
 musl/.mcm_cloned:
 	test -d musl || git clone -b $(MUSL_TAG) git://git.musl-libc.org/musl musl
+	cat patches/musl/* | ( cd musl && patch -p1 )
 	touch $@
 
 musl/.mcm_configured: musl/.mcm_cloned gcc-$(GCC_VER)/build0/.mcm_built
diff --git a/patches/musl/00-broken-mac-os-x-ar.diff b/patches/musl/00-broken-mac-os-x-ar.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2d08f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/musl/00-broken-mac-os-x-ar.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index ec54880..b048cbd 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -170,7 +170,11 @@ lib/libc.a: $(AOBJS)
+ 
+ $(EMPTY_LIBS):
+ 	rm -f $@
++ifeq ($(shell uname),Darwin)
++	touch $@
++else
+ 	$(AR) rc $@
++endif
+ 
+ lib/%.o: obj/crt/$(ARCH)/%.o
+ 	cp $< $@