diff --git a/build.txt b/build.txt
index 51ea6b2e7..b7ebf7b77 100644
--- a/build.txt
+++ b/build.txt
@@ -11,18 +11,30 @@ Then I built the lib with:
     cmake .
     nmake
 
-The resulting files can be downloaded here (please try if it works):
-    http://cppcheck.sf.net/pcre-8.10-vs.zip
+The resulting files can be downloaded here (please try if it works):
+    http://cppcheck.sf.net/pcre-8.10-vs.zip
 
 
 MINGW (Qt 4.7 SDK)
 
-I downloaded pcre-8.0-lib.zip from here: http://software-download.name/pcre-library-windows/

+I downloaded pcre-8.0-lib.zip from here: http://software-download.name/pcre-library-windows/
 
 
 Linux
 
 The normal Makefile should work
 
-Install pcre on ubuntu might be needed:
+Install pcre on ubuntu might be needed:
 sudo apt-get install libpcre3 libpcre3-dev
+
+
+Mac OSX
+
+Install pcre:
+
+    sudo port install pcre
+
+Ensure /path/to/pcre.h is in CXXFLAGS, e.g:
+
+    export CXXFLAGS=${CXXFLAGS}:/opt/local/include
+