diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 4dadea292..ae41afe57 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ opts.Add(PathVariable('SQLITE_LIBS', 'Search path for SQLITE library files', '/u
 opts.Add('SYSTEM_FONTS','Provide location for python bindings to register fonts (if given aborts installation of bundled DejaVu fonts)','')
 opts.Add('LIB_DIR_NAME','Name to use for lib folder where fonts and plugins are installed', '/mapnik/', PathVariable.PathAccept)
 opts.Add(PathVariable('PYTHON','Full path to Python executable used to build bindings', sys.executable))
+opts.Add(BoolVariable('FRAMEWORK_PYTHON', 'Link against Framework Python on Mac OSX', 'True'))
 opts.Add(ListVariable('BINDINGS','Language bindings to build','all',['python']))
 opts.Add(EnumVariable('THREADING','Set threading support','multi', ['multi','single']))
 opts.Add(EnumVariable('XMLPARSER','Set xml parser ','libxml2', ['tinyxml','spirit','libxml2']))
diff --git a/bindings/python/SConscript b/bindings/python/SConscript
index a6fab1e9d..dcedc82bd 100644
--- a/bindings/python/SConscript
+++ b/bindings/python/SConscript
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ if env['PLATFORM'] == 'Darwin':
         libraries.append('boost_thread%s' % env['BOOST_APPEND'])
     if '-DHAVE_PYCAIRO' in env['CXXFLAGS']:
         libraries.append([lib for lib in env['LIBS'] if lib.startswith('cairo')])
-    linkflags = '-F/ -framework Python'
+    if env['FRAMEWORK_PYTHON']:
+        linkflags = '-F/ -framework Python'
+    else:
+        linkflags = '-lpython%s' % env['PYTHON_VERSION']
 
 headers = [env['PYTHON_INCLUDES']] + env['CPPPATH']