diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 38d5120..8ab1d86 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -135,11 +135,7 @@ before_script:
   - set +e 
   - mkdir -p build || echo "Failed to mkdir build"
   - cd build || echo "Failed to cd build"
-  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ]; then
-       cmake -DDISABLE_BSYMBOLIC=ON .. ;
-    else 
-       cmake .. ;
-    fi || echo "Failed to run cmake"
+  - cmake .. || echo "Failed to run cmake"
 
 script:
   - make
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6b70fa6..936331e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -270,8 +270,21 @@ if (NOT ("${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "MSVC"))
 		add_compile_options("-D_REENTRANT")
 	endif()
 
-	if (DISABLE_BSYMBOLIC STREQUAL "OFF")
-		set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKED_FLAGS} -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions")
+	# OSX Mach-O doesn't support linking with '-Bsymbolic-functions'.
+	# Others may not support it, too.
+	list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES "-Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions")
+	check_c_source_compiles(
+	[=[
+	int main ()
+	{
+	  return 0;
+	}
+	]=]
+	BSYMBOLIC_WORKS
+	)
+	list(REMOVE_ITEM CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES "-Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions")
+	if (DISABLE_BSYMBOLIC STREQUAL "OFF" AND BSYMBOLIC_WORKS)
+		set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions")
 		# XXX need cmake>=3.13 for this:
 		#add_link_options("-Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions")
 	endif()
@@ -341,8 +354,8 @@ option(BUILD_DOCUMENTATION "Create and install the HTML based API documentation(
 if (DOXYGEN_FOUND)
 
 	add_custom_target(doc
-  	COMMAND ${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile
-		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+	COMMAND ${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/Doxyfile
+		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
 	
 	# request to configure the file
 	configure_file(Doxyfile Doxyfile)