diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33eea1e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// +build !darwin
+
+package main
+
+// commands used by the compilation process might have different file names on Linux than those used on macOS.
+var commands = map[string]string{
+	"ar":      "llvm-ar-7",
+	"clang":   "clang-7",
+	"ld.lld":  "ld.lld-7",
+	"wasm-ld": "wasm-ld-7",
+}
diff --git a/commands_macos.go b/commands_macos.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c40a20de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands_macos.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// +build darwin
+
+package main
+
+// commands used by the compilation process might have different file names on macOS than those used on Linux.
+var commands = map[string]string{
+	"ar":      "llvm-ar",
+	"clang":   "clang-7",
+	"ld.lld":  "ld.lld-7",
+	"wasm-ld": "wasm-ld-7",
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d7a462c8..b9cb3d03 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -21,13 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tinygo-org/tinygo/loader"
 )
 
-var commands = map[string]string{
-	"ar":      "llvm-ar",
-	"clang":   "clang-7",
-	"ld.lld":  "ld.lld-7",
-	"wasm-ld": "wasm-ld-7",
-}
-
 // commandError is an error type to wrap os/exec.Command errors. This provides
 // some more information regarding what went wrong while running a command.
 type commandError struct {