diff --git a/compiler/extccomp.nim b/compiler/extccomp.nim
index 11ceb3a48b..bc93ebaee4 100644
--- a/compiler/extccomp.nim
+++ b/compiler/extccomp.nim
@@ -822,6 +822,15 @@ proc linkViaResponseFile(conf: ConfigRef; cmd: string) =
   finally:
     removeFile(linkerArgs)
 
+proc linkViaShellScript(conf: ConfigRef; cmd: string) =
+  let linkerScript = conf.projectName & "_" & "linkerScript.sh"
+  writeFile(linkerScript, cmd)
+  let shell = getEnv("SHELL")
+  try:
+    execLinkCmd(conf, shell & " " & linkerScript)
+  finally:
+    removeFile(linkerScript)
+
 proc getObjFilePath(conf: ConfigRef, f: Cfile): string =
   if noAbsolutePaths(conf): f.obj.extractFilename
   else: f.obj.string
@@ -915,12 +924,16 @@ proc callCCompiler*(conf: ConfigRef) =
       linkCmd = getLinkCmd(conf, mainOutput, objfiles, removeStaticFile = true)
       extraCmds = getExtraCmds(conf, mainOutput)
       if optCompileOnly notin conf.globalOptions:
-        const MaxCmdLen = when defined(windows): 8_000 else: 32_000
+        const MaxCmdLen = when defined(windows): 8_000 elif defined(macosx): 260_000 else: 32_000
         if linkCmd.len > MaxCmdLen:
-          # Windows's command line limit is about 8K (don't laugh...) so C compilers on
-          # Windows support a feature where the command line can be passed via ``@linkcmd``
-          # to them.
-          linkViaResponseFile(conf, linkCmd)
+          when defined(macosx):
+            # macOS's `ar` does not support response files
+            linkViaShellScript(conf, linkCmd)
+          else:
+            # Windows's command line limit is about 8K (don't laugh...) so C compilers on
+            # Windows support a feature where the command line can be passed via ``@linkcmd``
+            # to them.
+            linkViaResponseFile(conf, linkCmd)
         else:
           execLinkCmd(conf, linkCmd)
         for cmd in extraCmds: