diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 0a4664756d..36a660da06 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -54,16 +54,23 @@ fi
 PLATFORM="$(uname -s)"
 if [ "$PLATFORM" = "Linux" ]; then
     RAYLIB_NAME='raylib-5.5_linux_amd64'
-    OMP_LIB=-lomp5
     SANITIZE_FLAGS=(-fsanitize=address,undefined,bounds,pointer-overflow,leak -fno-omit-frame-pointer)
+    INCLUDES=()
     STANDALONE_LDFLAGS=(-lGL)
     SHARED_LDFLAGS=(-Bsymbolic-functions)
 else
+    command -v brew &>/dev/null || { echo "Error: Homebrew not found" && exit 1; }
+    brew ls --versions llvm &>/dev/null || { echo "Error: Homebrew LLVM not found('brew install llvm')" && exit 1; }
     RAYLIB_NAME='raylib-5.5_macos'
-    OMP_LIB=-lomp
     SANITIZE_FLAGS=()
-    STANDALONE_LDFLAGS=(-framework Cocoa -framework IOKit -framework CoreVideo -framework OpenGL)
-    SHARED_LDFLAGS=(-framework Cocoa -framework OpenGL -framework IOKit -undefined dynamic_lookup)
+    # Homebrew "real" clang setup on mac
+    LLVM_PREFIX=$(brew --prefix llvm)
+    export CC=${CC:-$LLVM_PREFIX/bin/clang}
+    export CXX=${CXX:-$LLVM_PREFIX/bin/clang++}
+    ln -sf $LLVM_PREFIX/lib/libomp.dylib $LLVM_PREFIX/lib/libomp5.dylib #f-ing mac
+    INCLUDES=(-I$LLVM_PREFIX/include)
+    STANDALONE_LDFLAGS=(-framework Cocoa -framework IOKit -framework CoreVideo -framework OpenGL -L$LLVM_PREFIX/lib)
+    SHARED_LDFLAGS=(-framework Cocoa -framework OpenGL -framework IOKit -undefined dynamic_lookup -L$LLVM_PREFIX/lib)
 fi
 
 CLANG_WARN=(
@@ -95,7 +102,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 RAYLIB_A="$RAYLIB_NAME/lib/libraylib.a"
-INCLUDES=(-I./$RAYLIB_NAME/include -I./src -I./vendor)
+INCLUDES+=(-I./$RAYLIB_NAME/include -I./src -I./vendor)
 LINK_ARCHIVES=("$RAYLIB_A")
 EXTRA_SRC=""
 
@@ -252,7 +259,7 @@ if [ -z "$MODE" ]; then
         build/bindings.o "$STATIC_LIB" "$RAYLIB_A"
         -L$CUDA_HOME/lib64 $CUDNN_LFLAG
         -lcudart -lnccl -lnvidia-ml -lcublas -lcusolver -lcurand -lcudnn
-        $OMP_LIB $LINK_OPT
+        -lomp5 $LINK_OPT
         "${SHARED_LDFLAGS[@]}"
         -o "$OUTPUT"
     )
@@ -274,7 +281,7 @@ elif [ "$MODE" = "cpu" ]; then
     LINK_CMD=(
         ${CXX:-g++} -shared -fPIC -fopenmp
         build/bindings_cpu.o "$STATIC_LIB" "$RAYLIB_A"
-        -lm -lpthread $OMP_LIB $LINK_OPT
+        -lm -lpthread -lomp5 $LINK_OPT
         "${SHARED_LDFLAGS[@]}"
         -o "$OUTPUT"
     )
@@ -294,7 +301,7 @@ elif [ "$MODE" = "profile" ]; then
         tests/profile_kernels.cu vendor/ini.c \
         "$STATIC_LIB" "$RAYLIB_A" \
         -lnccl -lnvidia-ml -lcublas -lcurand -lcudnn \
-        -lGL -lm -lpthread $OMP_LIB \
+        -lGL -lm -lpthread -lomp5 \
         -o profile
     echo "Built: ./profile"
 fi