diff --git a/ext/pg_query/extconf.rb b/ext/pg_query/extconf.rb
index ee6936e9..87fdcb27 100644
--- a/ext/pg_query/extconf.rb
+++ b/ext/pg_query/extconf.rb
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@
 
 $INCFLAGS = "-I#{File.join(__dir__, 'include')} " + $INCFLAGS
 
-SYMFILE = File.join(__dir__, 'pg_query_ruby.sym')
 if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /darwin/
-  $DLDFLAGS << " -Wl,-exported_symbols_list #{SYMFILE}" unless defined?(::Rubinius)
+  symfile = File.join(__dir__, 'pg_query_ruby_darwin.sym')
+  $DLDFLAGS << " -Wl,-exported_symbols_list #{symfile}" unless defined?(::Rubinius)
 else
-  $DLDFLAGS << " -Wl,--retain-symbols-file=#{SYMFILE}"
+  symfile = File.join(__dir__, 'pg_query_ruby.sym')
+  $DLDFLAGS << " -Wl,--retain-symbols-file=#{symfile}"
 end
 
 create_makefile 'pg_query/pg_query'
diff --git a/ext/pg_query/pg_query_ruby_darwin.sym b/ext/pg_query/pg_query_ruby_darwin.sym
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff9b69a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/pg_query/pg_query_ruby_darwin.sym
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+_Init_pg_query