--- /dev/null
+--- a/cpan/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm
++++ b/cpan/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm
+@@ -2738,14 +2738,14 @@ sub _find_static_libs {
+
+ Called by a utility method of makeaperl. Checks whether a given file
+ is an XS library by seeing whether it defines any symbols starting
+-with C<boot_>.
++with C<boot_> (with an optional leading underscore – needed on MacOS).
+
+ =cut
+
+ sub xs_static_lib_is_xs {
+ my ($self, $libfile) = @_;
+ my $devnull = File::Spec->devnull;
+- return `nm $libfile 2>$devnull` =~ /\bboot_/;
++ return `nm $libfile 2>$devnull` =~ /\b_?boot_/;
+ }
+
+ =item makefile (o)