diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ffe1a5d3..fefd2850 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2012-09-09  Paul Smith  <psmith@gnu.org>
 
+	* default.c (default_variables): Use a correct default LIBPPATERNS
+	for MacOS.  Fixes Savannah bug #37197.
+
 	* read.c (record_files): Reset the default macro values if .POSIX
 	is set.  Fixes Savannah bug #37069.
 	(parse_file_seq): Break out of an infinite loop if we're not
diff --git a/default.c b/default.c
index 9747b335..27718099 100644
--- a/default.c
+++ b/default.c
@@ -514,15 +514,15 @@ static const char *default_variables[] =
     "SCCS_OUTPUT_OPTION", "-G$@",
 #endif
 
-#ifdef _AMIGA
+#if defined(_AMIGA)
     ".LIBPATTERNS", "%.lib",
-#else
-#ifdef __MSDOS__
+#elif defined(__MSDOS__)
     ".LIBPATTERNS", "lib%.a $(DJDIR)/lib/lib%.a",
+#elif defined(__APPLE__)
+    ".LIBPATTERNS", "lib%.dylib lib%.a",
 #else
     ".LIBPATTERNS", "lib%.so lib%.a",
 #endif
-#endif
 
 #endif /* !VMS */
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