diff --git a/makeRelease.sh b/makeRelease.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+binaries=("komodo-cli" "komodod")
+
+for binary in "${binaries[@]}";
+do
+    # find the dylibs to copy for komodod
+    DYLIBS=`otool -L src/$binary | grep "/usr/local" | awk -F' ' '{ print $1 }'`
+    echo "copying $DYLIBS to $src"
+    # copy the dylibs to the srcdir
+    for dylib in $DYLIBS; do cp -rf $dylib src/; done
+
+    # modify komodod to point to dylibs
+    echo "modifying $binary to use local libraries"
+    for dylib in $DYLIBS; do install_name_tool -change $dylib @executable_path/`basename $dylib` src/$binary; done;
+    chmod +x src/$binary
+done