diff --git a/sourcetools/com.ibm.uma/com/ibm/j9/uma/configuration/ConfigurationImpl.java b/sourcetools/com.ibm.uma/com/ibm/j9/uma/configuration/ConfigurationImpl.java
index 37781aaa51b..a05307a1710 100644
--- a/sourcetools/com.ibm.uma/com/ibm/j9/uma/configuration/ConfigurationImpl.java
+++ b/sourcetools/com.ibm.uma/com/ibm/j9/uma/configuration/ConfigurationImpl.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 
 import com.ibm.j9.uma.configuration.freemarker.Features;
 import com.ibm.j9.uma.configuration.freemarker.Source;
+import com.ibm.j9.uma.platform.PlatformOSX;
 import com.ibm.j9.uma.platform.PlatformUnix;
 import com.ibm.j9.uma.platform.PlatformWindows;
 import com.ibm.j9.uma.platform.PlatformZOS;
@@ -280,6 +281,8 @@ public IPlatform getPlatform() throws UMAException {
 					|| configurationName.startsWith("ose")
 					|| configurationName.startsWith("qnx") ) {
 				platform = new PlatformUnix(this);
+			} else if ( configurationName.startsWith("osx") ) {
+				platform = new PlatformOSX(this);
 			}
 			
 		}
diff --git a/sourcetools/com.ibm.uma/com/ibm/j9/uma/platform/PlatformOSX.java b/sourcetools/com.ibm.uma/com/ibm/j9/uma/platform/PlatformOSX.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0554e267ce6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sourcetools/com.ibm.uma/com/ibm/j9/uma/platform/PlatformOSX.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 2017 IBM Corp. and others
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
+ * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
+ * distribution and is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+ * or the Apache License, Version 2.0 which accompanies this distribution and
+ * is available at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+ *
+ * This Source Code may also be made available under the following
+ * Secondary Licenses when the conditions for such availability set
+ * forth in the Eclipse Public License, v. 2.0 are satisfied: GNU
+ * General Public License, version 2 with the GNU Classpath
+ * Exception [1] and GNU General Public License, version 2 with the
+ * OpenJDK Assembly Exception [2].
+ *
+ * [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html
+ * [2] http://openjdk.java.net/legal/assembly-exception.html
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package com.ibm.j9.uma.platform;
+
+import java.util.Vector;
+
+import com.ibm.uma.IConfiguration;
+import com.ibm.uma.UMA;
+import com.ibm.uma.UMAException;
+import com.ibm.uma.om.Artifact;
+import com.ibm.uma.om.Export;
+import com.ibm.uma.util.FileAssistant;
+
+public class PlatformOSX extends PlatformImplementation {
+
+	public PlatformOSX( IConfiguration buildSpec ) {
+		super(buildSpec);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String getStaticLibPrefix() {
+		return "lib";
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getStaticLibSuffix() {
+		return ".a";
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getSharedLibPrefix() {
+		return "lib";
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getSharedLibSuffix() {
+		return ".dylib";
+	}
+	
+}