diff --git a/scripts/macosx-build-dependencies.sh b/scripts/macosx-build-dependencies.sh
index f4c736c8..e8214d38 100755
--- a/scripts/macosx-build-dependencies.sh
+++ b/scripts/macosx-build-dependencies.sh
@@ -276,7 +276,8 @@ build_gmp()
   fi
   tar xjf gmp-$version.tar.bz2
   cd gmp-$version
-  ./configure --prefix=$DEPLOYDIR CXXFLAGS="$CXXSTDFLAGS" CFLAGS="-mmacosx-version-min=$MAC_OSX_VERSION_MIN" LDFLAGS="$LDSTDFLAGS -mmacosx-version-min=$MAC_OSX_VERSION_MIN" --enable-cxx
+  # Note: We're building against the core2 CPU profile as that's the minimum required hardware for running OS X 10.8
+  ./configure --prefix=$DEPLOYDIR CXXFLAGS="$CXXSTDFLAGS" CFLAGS="-mmacosx-version-min=$MAC_OSX_VERSION_MIN" LDFLAGS="$LDSTDFLAGS -mmacosx-version-min=$MAC_OSX_VERSION_MIN" --enable-cxx --host=core2-apple-darwin12.0.0
   make -j"$NUMCPU" install
 
   install_name_tool -id @rpath/libgmp.dylib $DEPLOYDIR/lib/libgmp.dylib