diff --git a/data/macos/build-deps.sh b/data/macos/build-deps.sh
index 64c991428..af590e5e8 100755
--- a/data/macos/build-deps.sh
+++ b/data/macos/build-deps.sh
@@ -351,6 +351,70 @@ if [ ! -f fluidsynth-${FLUIDSYNTH_VERSION}/build-done ]; then
   cd ..
 fi
 
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# zlib
+
+if [ ! -d zlib-${ZLIB_VERSION} ]; then
+  curl -L https://github.com/madler/zlib/archive/v${ZLIB_VERSION}.tar.gz -o zlib-${ZLIB_VERSION}.tar.gz
+  tar -xf zlib-${ZLIB_VERSION}.tar.gz
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f zlib-${ZLIB_VERSION}/build-done ]; then
+  cd zlib-${ZLIB_VERSION}
+  ./configure --static --prefix=$PREFIX
+  make
+  make install
+  touch build-done
+  cd ..
+fi
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# mxml
+
+if [ ! -d mxml-${MXML_VERSION} ]; then
+  curl -L https://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml/releases/download/v${MXML_VERSION}/mxml-${MXML_VERSION}.tar.gz -o mxml-${MXML_VERSION}.tar.gz
+  mkdir mxml-${MXML_VERSION}
+  cd mxml-${MXML_VERSION}
+  tar -xf ../mxml-${MXML_VERSION}.tar.gz
+  cd ..
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f mxml-${MXML_VERSION}/build-done ]; then
+  cd mxml-${MXML_VERSION}
+  ./configure --disable-shared --prefix=$PREFIX
+  make libmxml.a
+  cp *.a    $PREFIX/lib/
+  cp *.pc   $PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig/
+  cp mxml.h $PREFIX/include/
+  touch build-done
+  cd ..
+fi
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# fftw3 (needs to be last as it modifies C[XX]FLAGS)
+
+if [ ! -d fftw-${FFTW3_VERSION} ]; then
+  curl -O http://www.fftw.org/fftw-${FFTW3_VERSION}.tar.gz
+  tar -xf fftw-${FFTW3_VERSION}.tar.gz
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f fftw-${FFTW3_VERSION}/build-done ]; then
+  export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -ffast-math"
+  export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -ffast-math"
+  cd fftw-${FFTW3_VERSION}
+  ./configure --enable-static --enable-sse2 --disable-shared --disable-debug --prefix=$PREFIX
+  make
+  make install
+  make clean
+  ./configure --enable-static --enable-sse --enable-sse2 --enable-single --disable-shared --disable-debug --prefix=$PREFIX
+  make
+  make install
+  make clean
+  touch build-done
+  cd ..
+fi
+
 }
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/data/macos/common.env b/data/macos/common.env
index 21f8abe9c..11f27dfb2 100644
--- a/data/macos/common.env
+++ b/data/macos/common.env
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ GETTEXT_VERSION=0.18.3.2
 GLIB_VERSION=2.44.1
 GLIB_MVERSION=2.44
 FLUIDSYNTH_VERSION=1.1.6
+ZLIB_VERSION=1.2.11
+MXML_VERSION=2.11
+FFTW3_VERSION=3.3.7
 QT5_VERSION=5.5.1
 QT5_MVERSION=5.5
 PYTHON_VERSION=3.4.7