diff --git a/Makefile.homebrew b/Makefile.homebrew
index e21fd033..83fc7034 100644
--- a/Makefile.homebrew
+++ b/Makefile.homebrew
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ endif
 # Seems like all recent Mac's have AES-NI, after firmware upgrade 2.2
 # Found no good way to detect it from command line. TODO: Might be some osx sysinfo magic
 ifeq ($(USE_AESNI),yes)
-	CXXFLAGS += -D__AES__
+	CXXFLAGS += -D__AES__ -maes
 endif
 
 install: all
diff --git a/Makefile.osx b/Makefile.osx
index 4b2e2469..2e52585e 100644
--- a/Makefile.osx
+++ b/Makefile.osx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ ifeq ($(USE_UPNP),yes)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(USE_AESNI),yes)
-	CXXFLAGS += -D__AES__
+	CXXFLAGS += -D__AES__ -maes
 else
 	CXXFLAGS += -msse
 endif