diff --git a/libtcc.c b/libtcc.c
index 03273c5c..1d9b743f 100644
--- a/libtcc.c
+++ b/libtcc.c
@@ -1450,6 +1450,8 @@ static int tcc_set_linker(TCCState *s, const char *option)
             s->section_align = strtoul(p, &end, 16);
         } else if (link_option(option, "soname=", &p)) {
             copy_linker_arg(&s->soname, p, 0);
+        } else if (link_option(option, "install_name=", &p)) {
+            copy_linker_arg(&s->soname, p, 0);
 #ifdef TCC_TARGET_PE
         } else if (link_option(option, "large-address-aware", &p)) {
             s->pe_characteristics |= 0x20;
diff --git a/tcc.c b/tcc.c
index beef6fbf..f41a8b6d 100644
--- a/tcc.c
+++ b/tcc.c
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ static const char help2[] =
     "  -rpath=                       set dynamic library search path\n"
     "  -enable-new-dtags             set DT_RUNPATH instead of DT_RPATH\n"
     "  -soname=                      set DT_SONAME elf tag\n"
+#if defined(TCC_TARGET_MACHO)
+    "  -install_name=                set DT_SONAME elf tag (soname macOS alias)\n"
+#endif
     "  -Bsymbolic                    set DT_SYMBOLIC elf tag\n"
     "  -oformat=[elf32/64-* binary]  set executable output format\n"
     "  -init= -fini= -Map= -as-needed -O   (ignored)\n"