diff --git a/mac_build/buildFTGL.sh b/mac_build/buildFTGL.sh
index 39111b1446..219f42adad 100644
--- a/mac_build/buildFTGL.sh
+++ b/mac_build/buildFTGL.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #   [path]/ftgl-2.1.3~rc5/src/.libs/libftgl.a
 #
 # by Charlie Fenton 7/27/12
+# Updated 2/7/14 for OS 10.9
 #
 ## This script requires OS 10.6 or later
 #
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ export CPPFLAGS="-isysroot ${SDKPATH} -arch i386 -DMAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED=
 export CFLAGS="-isysroot ${SDKPATH} -arch i386 -DMAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED=1040 -DMAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED=1040"
 export SDKROOT="${SDKPATH}"
 
-./configure --enable-shared=NO --disable-freetypetest --host=i386
+./configure --enable-shared=NO --disable-freetypetest  --with-ft-prefix="`pwd`/../freetype_install/" --host=i386
 if [  $? -ne 0 ]; then return 1; fi
 
 if [ "$1" = "-clean" ]; then
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ export CPPFLAGS="-isysroot ${SDKPATH} -arch x86_64 -DMAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWE
 export CFLAGS="-isysroot ${SDKPATH} -arch x86_64 -DMAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED=1040 -DMAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED=1040"
 export SDKROOT="${SDKPATH}"
 
-./configure --enable-shared=NO --disable-freetypetest --host=x86_64
+./configure --enable-shared=NO --disable-freetypetest --with-ft-prefix="`pwd`/../freetype_install/" --host=x86_64
 if [  $? -ne 0 ]; then
     rm -f src/libftgl_i386.a
     return 1;
diff --git a/mac_build/buildfreetype.sh b/mac_build/buildfreetype.sh
index 608124c476..68fc4139c6 100644
--- a/mac_build/buildfreetype.sh
+++ b/mac_build/buildfreetype.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #   [path]/freetype-2.4.10/objs/.libs/libfreetype.a
 #
 # by Charlie Fenton 7/27/12
+# Updated 2/7/14 for OS 10.9
 #
 ## This script requires OS 10.6 or later
 #
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ rm -fR objs/*.*
 rm -fR objs/*
 cp -p README-objs objs/README
 rm -f README-objs
+rm -fR "../freetype_install/"
 
 if [  $? -ne 0 ]; then return 1; fi
 
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ export CFLAGS="-isysroot ${SDKPATH} -arch i386 -DMAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED=10
 export SDKROOT="${SDKPATH}"
 export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.4
 
-./configure --enable-shared=NO --host=i386
+./configure --enable-shared=NO --prefix="`pwd`/../freetype_install/" --host=i386
 if [  $? -ne 0 ]; then return 1; fi
 
 if [ "$1" = "-clean" ]; then
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ export CFLAGS="-isysroot ${SDKPATH} -arch x86_64 -DMAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED=
 export SDKROOT="${SDKPATH}"
 export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.5
 
-./configure --enable-shared=NO --host=x86_64
+./configure --enable-shared=NO --prefix="`pwd`/../freetype_install/" --host=x86_64
 if [  $? -ne 0 ]; then return 1; fi
 
 make
@@ -131,6 +133,13 @@ if [  $? -ne 0 ]; then return 1; fi
 rm -f objs/.libs/libfreetype_i386.a
 rm -f objs/.libs/libfreetype_x86_64.a
 
+# Building ftgl requires [install-path]/bin.freetype-config
+make install
+
+# remove installed items not needed by ftgl build
+rm -fR "../freetype_install/lib"
+rm -fR "../freetype_install/share"
+
 export CC="";export CXX=""
 export LDFLAGS=""
 export CPPFLAGS=""
diff --git a/mac_build/buildsqlite3.sh b/mac_build/buildsqlite3.sh
index 412b4acb45..ae419b7114 100644
--- a/mac_build/buildsqlite3.sh
+++ b/mac_build/buildsqlite3.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 if [ "$1" != "-clean" ]; then
     if [ -f .libs/libsqlite3.a ]; then
-        echo "c3.7.14.1 already built"
+        echo "sqlite-3.7.14.1 already built"
         return 0
     fi
 fi