diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index edf57debe..5ca9aa5cf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ option(TOOLS "Build the tools components" ON)
 option(GUI "Build GUI components (AlethZero, Mix)" ON)
 option(TESTS "Build the tests." ON)
 option(NOBOOST "No use of boost macros in test functions" OFF)
-option(EVMJIT "Build just-in-time compiler for EVM code (requires LLVM)" OFF)
+option(EVMJIT "Build just-in-time compiler for EVM code (requires LLVM)" ON)
 option(ETHASHCL "Build in support for GPU mining via OpenCL" ON)
 option(JSCONSOLE "Build in javascript console" ON)
 option(FRONTIER "Build for Frontier network" OFF)
@@ -391,9 +391,14 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if (EVMJIT)
-	if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows" AND NOT DEFINED LLVM_DIR)
-		set(LLVM_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/extdep/install/windows/x64/share/llvm/cmake")
+	if (NOT DEFINED LLVM_DIR)
+		if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
+			set(LLVM_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/extdep/install/windows/x64/share/llvm/cmake")
+		elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Darwin")
+			set(LLVM_DIR "/usr/local/opt/llvm/share/llvm/cmake")
+		endif()
 	endif()
+
 	set(EVMJIT_CPP TRUE) # include CPP-JIT connector
 	add_subdirectory(evmjit)
 	if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "MSVC")