diff --git a/ChangeLog.adoc b/ChangeLog.adoc
index 6d03d0cbb..6ded64a74 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.adoc
+++ b/ChangeLog.adoc
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Bug fixes::
 
 Build::
 
+  * core: fix compilation on Mac OS X (add link with resolv) (issue #276)
   * core: add build of xz package with make dist (cmake)
 
 [[v1.6]]
diff --git a/src/gui/curses/CMakeLists.txt b/src/gui/curses/CMakeLists.txt
index 8fadce2d2..18b77f8f2 100644
--- a/src/gui/curses/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/gui/curses/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS "m")
 
 list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS ${CURL_LIBRARIES})
 
+list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS "resolv")
+
 include_directories(.. ../../core ../../plugins ${NCURSES_INCLUDE_PATH})
 
 add_library(weechat_gui_curses STATIC ${LIB_GUI_CURSES_SRC})
diff --git a/src/gui/curses/Makefile.am b/src/gui/curses/Makefile.am
index 2e04ff820..213c47da8 100644
--- a/src/gui/curses/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/gui/curses/Makefile.am
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ weechat_LDADD = ./../../core/lib_weechat_core.a \
                 $(GCRYPT_LFLAGS) \
                 $(GNUTLS_LFLAGS) \
                 $(CURL_LFLAGS) \
-                -lm
+                -lm \
+                -lresolv
 
 weechat_SOURCES = main.c