if [ "$sys" = "Darwin" ]
 then
     OS=darwin
-    MAKE="gmake"
+    MAKE="make"
 fi
 
 if [ "$OS" = "unknown" ]
     CXX=g++
 fi
 
+if [ -z "$AR" ]
+then
+    AR=ar
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$RANLIB" ]
+then
+    RANLIB=ranlib
+fi
+
 printf "Checking CC... "
 $CC --version > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
 if [ $? != 0 ]
     exit;
 fi
 printf "found\n"
+printf "Checking AR... "
+$AR --version > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
+if [ $? != 0 ]
+then
+    printf "FAIL!\n"
+    printf "$AR not found\n"
+    exit;
+fi
+printf "found\n"
+printf "Checking RANLIB... "
+$RANLIB --version > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
+if [ $? != 0 ]
+then
+    printf "FAIL!\n"
+    printf "$RANLIB not found\n"
+    exit;
+fi
+printf "found\n"
 
 printf "Checking endianess... "
 printf "int main() { int probe = 0x00000001; return *(char *)&probe; }\n" > build_check.c
 printf "LIB_THREAD=$LIB_THREAD\n" >> $CONFFILE
 printf "CC=$CC\n" >> $CONFFILE
 printf "CXX=$CXX\n" >> $CONFFILE
+printf "AR=$AR\n" >> $CONFFILE
+printf "RANLIB=$RANLIB\n" >> $CONFFILE
 printf "CXXFLAGS=$CXXFLAGS\n" >> $CONFFILE
 printf "CFLAGS=$CFLAGS\n" >> $CONFFILE
 printf "LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS\n" >> $CONFFILE