--- a/scripts/genksyms/parse.c_shipped
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/parse.c_shipped
@@ -160,7 +160,9 @@
 
 
 #include <assert.h>
+#ifndef __APPLE__
 #include <malloc.h>
+#endif
 #include "genksyms.h"
 
 static int is_typedef;
--- a/scripts/genksyms/parse.y
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/parse.y
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
 %{
 
 #include <assert.h>
+#ifndef __APPLE__
 #include <malloc.h>
+#endif
 #include "genksyms.h"
 
 static int is_typedef;
--- a/scripts/kallsyms.c
+++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c
@@ -28,6 +28,35 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+/* Darwin has no memmem implementation, this one is ripped of the uClibc-0.9.28 source */
+void *memmem (const void *haystack, size_t haystack_len,
+                          const void *needle,  size_t needle_len)
+{
+  const char *begin;
+  const char *const last_possible
+    = (const char *) haystack + haystack_len - needle_len;
+
+  if (needle_len == 0)
+    /* The first occurrence of the empty string is deemed to occur at
+       the beginning of the string.  */
+    return (void *) haystack;
+
+  /* Sanity check, otherwise the loop might search through the whole
+     memory.  */
+  if (__builtin_expect (haystack_len < needle_len, 0))
+    return NULL;
+
+  for (begin = (const char *) haystack; begin <= last_possible; ++begin)
+    if (begin[0] == ((const char *) needle)[0] &&
+        !memcmp ((const void *) &begin[1],
+                 (const void *) ((const char *) needle + 1),
+                 needle_len - 1))
+      return (void *) begin;
+
+  return NULL;
+}
+#endif
 
 #define KSYM_NAME_LEN		128
 
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ check-lxdialog  := $(srctree)/$(src)/lxd
 # we really need to do so. (Do not call gcc as part of make mrproper)
 HOST_EXTRACFLAGS = $(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(check-lxdialog) -ccflags)
 HOST_LOADLIBES   = $(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(check-lxdialog) -ldflags $(HOSTCC))
+ifeq ($(shell uname -s),Darwin)
+HOST_LOADLIBES  += -lncurses
+endif
 
 HOST_EXTRACFLAGS += -DLOCALE
 
--- a/scripts/mod/mk_elfconfig.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/mk_elfconfig.c
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#ifndef __APPLE__
 #include <elf.h>
+#else
+#include "../../../../../tools/sstrip/include/elf.h"
+#endif
 
 int
 main(int argc, char **argv)
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.h
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#ifndef __APPLE__
 #include <elf.h>
+#else
+#include "../../../../../tools/sstrip/include/elf.h"
+#endif
 
 #include "elfconfig.h"
 
