diff --git a/build_tarballs.jl b/build_tarballs.jl
index 94770d7..2cb4148 100755
--- a/build_tarballs.jl
+++ b/build_tarballs.jl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ mkdir build
 cd build/
 ## STATIC BUILD START
 if [ $target = "x86_64-apple-darwin14" ]; then
-  export AR=/opt/x86_64-apple-darwin14/bin/llvm-ar
+  export AR=/opt/x86_64-apple-darwin14/bin/x86_64-apple-darwin14-ar
 fi
 ../configure --prefix=$prefix --with-pic --disable-pkg-config --host=${target} --disable-shared --enable-static --enable-dependency-linking lt_cv_deplibs_check_method=pass_all \
 --with-metis-lib="-L${prefix}/lib -lcoinmetis" --with-metis-incdir="$prefix/include/coin/ThirdParty" \