Index: config/inter/libparrot.pm
===================================================================
--- config/inter/libparrot.pm	(revision 10892)
+++ config/inter/libparrot.pm	(working copy)
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 	);
 
     $conf->data->set(
-	 rpath_blib => ($libparrot_is_shared) 
+	 rpath_blib => ($libparrot_is_shared) && $conf->data->get('rpath')
      ?
          $conf->data->get('rpath') . 
          $conf->data->get('build_dir') . 
Index: config/init/hints/darwin.pm
===================================================================
--- config/init/hints/darwin.pm	(revision 10892)
+++ config/init/hints/darwin.pm	(working copy)
@@ -34,10 +34,21 @@
         load_ext            => '.bundle',
         link                => 'c++',
         ld                  => 'c++',
-        ld_share_flags      => '-dynamiclib',
+        ld_share_flags      => '-dynamiclib -undefined suppress',
         ld_load_flags       => '-bundle -undefined suppress',
         memalign            => 'some_memalign',
-        libparrot_is_shared => 0,
+        libparrot_is_shared => 1,
+        rpath               => '',
+        
+        # This variable needs renaming to be more general
+        libparrot_soname    => "-install_name " .
+                               $conf->data->get('build_dir') .
+                               $conf->data->get('slash') .
+                               $conf->data->get('blib_dir') .
+                               $conf->data->get('slash') .
+                               "libparrot" .
+                               $conf->data->get('share_ext')
+
     );
 }