diff --git a/check_libs.mk b/check_libs.mk
index 66258b71a12d9f7e264659bcdb226587864fa188..fcb84325808a5906f43cad020898a3f9a98bbcc3 100644
--- a/check_libs.mk
+++ b/check_libs.mk
@@ -14,16 +14,16 @@ else
     endif
 endif
 
-.PHONY: gdal xmlsec
+.PHONY: gdal xmlsec libffi
 
-check_libs: gdal xmlsec
+check_libs: gdal xmlsec libffi
 
 gdal:
 ifeq ($(GDAL_AVAILABLE),)
 	@echo "${RED}--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------${NC}"
 	@echo "---> ${RED}GDAL not found. Please use the command below to install it. ${NC}\n"
 ifeq ($(CCFLAGS),OSX)
-	@echo "\t${RED}brew install gdal --HEAD${NC}"
+	@echo "\t${RED}brew install gdal${NC}"
 endif
 ifeq ($(CCFLAGS),LINUX)
 	@echo "\t${RED}sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntugis/ppa; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install gdal-bin && sudo apt-get -y install python-gdal${NC}"
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ ifeq ($(shell brew ls --versions libxmlsec1),)
 	@echo "${RED}--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------${NC}"
 	exit 1
 else
-	@echo "Found xmlsec. Skipping"
+	@echo "Found xmlsec version: $(shell brew ls --versions libxmlsec1). Skipping"
 endif
 endif
 ifeq ($(CCFLAGS),LINUX)
@@ -83,4 +83,18 @@ ifeq ($(shell dpkg-query --list | grep libxmlsec1-dev),)
 else
 	@echo "Found xmlsec. Skipping"
 endif
+endif
+
+libffi:
+ifeq ($(CCFLAGS),OSX)
+ifeq ($(shell brew ls --versions libffi),)
+	@echo "${RED}--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------${NC}"
+	@echo "---> ${RED}LIBFFI not found. Please use the command below to install it. ${NC}\n"
+	@echo "\t${RED}brew install libffi${NC}"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "${RED}--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------${NC}"
+exit 1
+else
+	@echo "Found libffi version: $(shell brew ls --versions libffi). Skipping"
+endif
 endif
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