diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dcd163bc..5fec76db 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ tmp
 TAGS
 pyodbc.egg-info
 pyodbc.conf
+/venv*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 58d236e5..012f8974 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -159,8 +159,9 @@ def get_compiler_settings(version_str):
         settings['libraries'].append('odbc32')
 
     elif sys.platform == 'darwin':
-        # OS/X now ships with iODBC.
-        settings['libraries'].append('iodbc')
+        # The latest versions of OS X no longer ship with iodbc.  Assume
+        # unixODBC for now.
+        settings['libraries'].append('odbc')
 
         # Python functions take a lot of 'char *' that really should be const.  gcc complains about this *a lot*
         settings['extra_compile_args'].extend([