diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index efbdd08d2..9c185c9f1 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -181,12 +181,15 @@ def setup_globals
 
   mocflags                 = $building_for[:macos] ? "-DSYS_APPLE" : $building_for[:windows] ? "-DSYS_WINDOWS" : ""
 
+  ranlibflags              = $building_for[:macos] ? "-no_warning_for_no_symbols" : ""
+
   $flags                   = {
     :cflags                => cflags,
     :cxxflags              => cxxflags,
     :ldflags               => ldflags,
     :windres               => windres,
     :moc                   => mocflags,
+    :ranlib                => ranlibflags,
   }
 
   setup_macos_specifics if $building_for[:macos]
diff --git a/rake.d/library.rb b/rake.d/library.rb
index affac6560..6bb959b75 100644
--- a/rake.d/library.rb
+++ b/rake.d/library.rb
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ class Library < Target
   def create_specific_static
     file "#{@target}.a" => @objects do |t|
       FileUtils.rm_f t.name
-      runq "ar", t.name, "#{c(:AR)} rc #{t.name} #{@objects.join(" ")}"
-      runq "ranlib", t.name, "#{c(:RANLIB)} #{t.name}"
+      runq "ar", t.name, "#{c(:AR)} crS #{t.name} #{@objects.join(" ")}"
+      runq "ranlib", t.name, "#{c(:RANLIB)} #{$flags[:ranlib]} #{t.name}"
     end
   end