diff --git a/examples/example_sdl2_surface/Makefile b/examples/example_sdl2_surface/Makefile
index 400112ea5..7e6a4a48c 100644
--- a/examples/example_sdl2_surface/Makefile
+++ b/examples/example_sdl2_surface/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-# Makefile for example_sdl2_surface (MinGW)
+# Makefile for example_sdl2_surface
 
 CXX = g++
 CXXFLAGS = -std=c++17 -Wall -Wformat
-INCLUDES = -I../.. -I../../backends -I/mingw64/include/SDL2
-LIBS = -lmingw32 -lSDL2main -lSDL2 -lgdi32
 
 IMGUI_DIR = ../..
 SOURCES = main.cpp
@@ -13,6 +11,32 @@ SOURCES += $(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/imgui_impl_sdlsurface2.cpp
 
 OBJS = $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(notdir $(SOURCES))))
 
+UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
+
+SDL_CFLAGS := $(shell pkg-config --cflags sdl2 2>/dev/null)
+SDL_LIBS := $(shell pkg-config --libs sdl2 2>/dev/null)
+EXEEXT :=
+RM = rm -f
+
+ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(UNAME_S)))
+	INCLUDES = -I../.. -I../../backends -I/mingw64/include/SDL2
+	LIBS = -lmingw32 -lSDL2main -lSDL2 -lgdi32
+	EXEEXT = .exe
+	RM = del /Q
+else
+	ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
+		ifeq ($(SDL_CFLAGS),)
+			SDL_CFLAGS = -F/Library/Frameworks -I/Library/Frameworks/SDL2.framework/Headers
+			SDL_LIBS = -F/Library/Frameworks -framework SDL2
+		endif
+	endif
+
+	INCLUDES = -I../.. -I../../backends $(SDL_CFLAGS)
+	LIBS = $(SDL_LIBS)
+endif
+
+TARGET = example_sdl2_surface$(EXEEXT)
+
 %.o:%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -c -o $@ $<
 
@@ -22,10 +46,10 @@ OBJS = $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(notdir $(SOURCES))))
 %.o:$(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -c -o $@ $<
 
-all: example_sdl2_surface.exe
+all: $(TARGET)
 
-example_sdl2_surface.exe: $(OBJS)
+$(TARGET): $(OBJS)
 	$(CXX) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS)
 
 clean:
-	del /Q *.o *.exe
+	$(RM) *.o $(TARGET)