diff --git a/Mac/Makefile.in b/Mac/Makefile.in
index 2f3b513d707..949e2290345 100644
--- a/Mac/Makefile.in
+++ b/Mac/Makefile.in
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ LDFLAGS=@LDFLAGS@
 FRAMEWORKUNIXTOOLSPREFIX=@FRAMEWORKUNIXTOOLSPREFIX@
 PYTHONFRAMEWORK=@PYTHONFRAMEWORK@
 PYTHONFRAMEWORKIDENTIFIER=@PYTHONFRAMEWORKIDENTIFIER@
+MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=@CONFIGURE_MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET@
+export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET
 
 
 # These are normally glimpsed from the previous set
diff --git a/Mac/PythonLauncher/Makefile.in b/Mac/PythonLauncher/Makefile.in
index d61e1aa59fb..2551d230f23 100644
--- a/Mac/PythonLauncher/Makefile.in
+++ b/Mac/PythonLauncher/Makefile.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ CC=@CC@
 LD=@CC@
 BASECFLAGS=@BASECFLAGS@
 OPT=@OPT@
-CFLAGS=$(BASECFLAGS) $(OPT)
+CFLAGS=@CFLAGS@ $(BASECFLAGS) $(OPT)
 LDFLAGS=@LDFLAGS@
 srcdir=         @srcdir@
 VERSION=	@VERSION@