diff --git a/deps/build.jl b/deps/build.jl
index dfedbbc..0c6ba89 100644
--- a/deps/build.jl
+++ b/deps/build.jl
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ provides(AptGet, {"libsndfile1-dev" => libsndfile})
     end
     using Homebrew
     provides(Homebrew.HB, {"portaudio" => libportaudio})
-    provides(Homebrew.HB, {"sndfile" => libsndfile})
+    provides(Homebrew.HB, {"libsndfile" => libsndfile})
 end
 
 @BinDeps.install [:libportaudio => :libportaudio,
diff --git a/deps/src/Makefile b/deps/src/Makefile
index cf825b9..1dafef4 100644
--- a/deps/src/Makefile
+++ b/deps/src/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ CFLAGS =-g
 LIBS =-L/usr/local/lib -lportaudio
 LINUX_LIBS =-lrt
 LINUX_LDFLAGS =-rdynamic
+# add the Homebrew.jl tree to the include dirs in case we used it for
+# portaudio and libsndfile
+DARWIN_LDFLAGS =-L../../../Homebrew/deps/usr/lib
+DARWIN_INC =-I../../../Homebrew/deps/usr/include
 
 OBJS = shim.o
 
@@ -33,10 +37,13 @@ ifeq ($(OS), WINNT)
   SHLIB_EXT = dll
 else ifeq ($(OS), Darwin)
   SHLIB_EXT = dylib
+  INC += $(DARWIN_INC)
+  LDFLAGS += $(DARWIN_LDFLAGS)
 else
   LIBS += $(LINUX_LIBS)
   LDFLAGS += $(LINUX_LDFLAGS)
   SHLIB_EXT = so
+  INC += $(LINUX_INC)
 endif
 
 default: libportaudio_shim.$(SHLIB_EXT)