diff --git a/src/syncterm/GNUmakefile b/src/syncterm/GNUmakefile
index 09c093fc16d9c14399b7841bb5a0525701705c56..d27ecfaf56aec78d21f4bb8abff2b98b89b63091 100644
--- a/src/syncterm/GNUmakefile
+++ b/src/syncterm/GNUmakefile
@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ ifeq ($(os),darwin)
 	-${QUIET}mkdir $(EXEODIR)/SyncTERM.app/Contents
 	-${QUIET}mkdir $(EXEODIR)/SyncTERM.app/Contents/MacOS
 	-${QUIET}mkdir $(EXEODIR)/SyncTERM.app/Contents/Resources
+ifdef SDL_FRAMEWORK_PATH
 	-${QUIET}mkdir $(EXEODIR)/SyncTERM.app/Contents/Frameworks
+endif
 	${QUIET}echo "APPL????" > $(EXEODIR)/SyncTERM.app/Contents/PkgInfo
 	${QUIET}${INSTALL_EXE} ${SYNCTERM} ${EXEODIR}/SyncTERM.app/Contents/MacOS
 	${QUIET}${INSTALL_DATA} Info.plist ${EXEODIR}/SyncTERM.app/Contents