diff --git a/Makefile.defs b/Makefile.defs
index a1cd7098..2a269595 100644
--- a/Makefile.defs
+++ b/Makefile.defs
@@ -113,8 +113,11 @@ ifeq ($(OS), darwin)
 	CPPFLAGS += -DBSD44SOCKETS
 
 	# add the DarwinPorts directory
-	CPPFLAGS += -I /opt/local/include
-	LDFLAGS += -L/opt/local/lib
+	ifneq ($(ARCH), iphone)
+	      CPPFLAGS += -D__DARWIN_UNIX03
+	      CPPFLAGS += -I /opt/local/include
+	      LDFLAGS += -L/opt/local/lib
+	endif	      
 
 	override exclude_modules += binrpcctrl mp3 examples py_sems
 else
diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index a58f1359..0ad2363c 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ include ../Makefile.defs
 
 LDFLAGS += -lstdc++ 
 
+ifeq ($(ARCH),iphone)
+LDFLAGS += -lgcc_eh
+endif
+
 ifdef USE_SPANDSP
 ifdef LIBSPANDSP_STATIC
 LDFLAGS += $(LIBSPANDSP_LDIR)libspandsp.a