diff --git a/lib/cocoapods-core/specification/linter.rb b/lib/cocoapods-core/specification/linter.rb
index 117753b28..f24c73558 100644
--- a/lib/cocoapods-core/specification/linter.rb
+++ b/lib/cocoapods-core/specification/linter.rb
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ def _validate_weak_frameworks(frameworks)
       # Performs validations related to the `libraries` attribute.
       #
       def _validate_libraries(libs)
-        if libs.any? { |lib| lib.end_with?('.a') }
+        if libs.any? { |lib| lib.end_with?('.a', '.dylib') }
           error "A library should only be specified by its name"
         end
       end
diff --git a/spec/specification/linter_spec.rb b/spec/specification/linter_spec.rb
index be8a18e3a..06843a193 100644
--- a/spec/specification/linter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/specification/linter_spec.rb
@@ -300,6 +300,11 @@ def message_should_include(*values)
         @spec.libraries = %w{z.a xml.a}
         message_should_include('library', 'name')
       end
+
+      it "checks that libraries do not end with a .dylib extension" do
+        @spec.libraries = %w{libssl.dylib libz.dylib}
+        message_should_include('library', 'name')
+      end
     end
 
     #--------------------------------------#