diff --git a/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx
index 17561b5ab8..c34df3cb16 100644
--- a/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -504,6 +504,16 @@ void cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator::WriteLinkStatement()
       }
     }
 
+  // Add OS X version flags, if any.
+  if(this->GeneratorTarget->GetType() == cmState::SHARED_LIBRARY ||
+     this->GeneratorTarget->GetType() == cmState::MODULE_LIBRARY)
+    {
+    this->AppendOSXVerFlag(vars["LINK_FLAGS"], this->TargetLinkLanguage,
+                           "COMPATIBILITY", true);
+    this->AppendOSXVerFlag(vars["LINK_FLAGS"], this->TargetLinkLanguage,
+                           "CURRENT", false);
+    }
+
   this->addPoolNinjaVariable("JOB_POOL_LINK", &gt, vars);
 
   this->AddModuleDefinitionFlag(vars["LINK_FLAGS"]);