diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index eacf18266f0..b2affe1b6b7 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ if env['BF_NO_ELBEEM'] == 1:
     env['CCFLAGS'].append('-DDISABLE_ELBEEM')
 
 
-if btools.ENDIAN == "big":
+if btools.ENDIAN == "big" and not env['OURPLATFORM']=='darwin':
     env['CPPFLAGS'].append('-D__BIG_ENDIAN__')
     env['CXXFLAGS'].append('-D__BIG_ENDIAN__')
     env['CCFLAGS'].append('-D__BIG_ENDIAN__')
diff --git a/intern/ghost/SConscript b/intern/ghost/SConscript
index 0c3109b1482..9977a7927fc 100644
--- a/intern/ghost/SConscript
+++ b/intern/ghost/SConscript
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ if window_system in ('win32-vc', 'win64-vc'):
     env.BlenderLib ('bf_intern_ghost', sources, Split(incs), defines=defs, libtype=['intern','player'], priority = [40,15]) #, cc_compileflags=env['CCFLAGS'].append('/WX') )
 
 elif env['WITH_GHOST_COCOA']:	 # always use Apple-gcc-4.2 for objC language, for gnu-compilers do not support it fully yet
-    env.BlenderLib ('bf_intern_ghost', sources, Split(incs), defines=defs, libtype=['intern','player'], priority = [40,15], cc_compilerchange='/usr/bin/gcc-4.2', cxx_compilerchange='/usr/bin/gcc-4.2' )
+    env.BlenderLib ('bf_intern_ghost', sources, Split(incs), defines=defs, libtype=['intern','player'], priority = [40,15], cc_compilerchange='/usr/bin/gcc-4.2', cxx_compilerchange='/usr/bin/g++-4.2' )
     print "GHOST COCOA WILL BE COMPILED WITH APPLE GCC"
 
 else:
diff --git a/source/blender/quicktime/SConscript b/source/blender/quicktime/SConscript
index 82735dc96bd..a128ded965c 100644
--- a/source/blender/quicktime/SConscript
+++ b/source/blender/quicktime/SConscript
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ defs=['WITH_QUICKTIME']
 
 if env['WITH_GHOST_COCOA']:
     defs.append('GHOST_COCOA')
-    env.BlenderLib ('bf_quicktime', sources=source_files, includes=incs, defines=defs, libtype=types, priority=priorities, cc_compilerchange='/usr/bin/gcc-4.2', cxx_compilerchange='/usr/bin/gcc-4.2') # always use Apple-gcc-4.2 for objC language, for gnu-compilers do not support it fully yet
+    env.BlenderLib ('bf_quicktime', sources=source_files, includes=incs, defines=defs, libtype=types, priority=priorities, cc_compilerchange='/usr/bin/gcc-4.2', cxx_compilerchange='/usr/bin/g++-4.2') # always use Apple-gcc-4.2 for objC language, for gnu-compilers do not support it fully yet
 else:
     env.BlenderLib ('bf_quicktime', sources=source_files, includes=incs, defines=defs, libtype=types, priority=priorities)