diff --git a/bindings/java/Makefile b/bindings/java/Makefile
index 0cd818b..b5f11e0 100644
--- a/bindings/java/Makefile
+++ b/bindings/java/Makefile
@@ -2,20 +2,29 @@ INCLUDE_DIRS = ../../src ../../blst/bindings
 
 ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
 	CLANG_EXECUTABLE=gcc
-	CLANG_FLAGS=
+	CLANG_FLAGS=-shared
 	JNI_INCLUDE_FOLDER=win32
 	LIBRARY_RESOURCE=ckzg4844jni.dll
 	GRADLE_COMMAND=gradlew
 else
 	CLANG_EXECUTABLE=clang
-	CLANG_FLAGS=-fPIC
-	JNI_INCLUDE_FOLDER=linux
-	LIBRARY_RESOURCE=libckzg4844jni.so
-	GRADLE_COMMAND=./gradlew
+    GRADLE_COMMAND=./gradlew
+	UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
+	ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Linux)
+		CLANG_FLAGS=-fPIC -shared
+    	JNI_INCLUDE_FOLDER=linux
+    	LIBRARY_RESOURCE=libckzg4844jni.so
+	endif
+	ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
+		CLANG_FLAGS=-dynamiclib
+    	JNI_INCLUDE_FOLDER=darwin
+    	LIBRARY_RESOURCE=libckzg4844jni.dylib
+	endif
 endif
 
 c_kzg_4844_jni:
-	${CLANG_EXECUTABLE} -O -Wall -shared ${CLANG_FLAGS} ${addprefix -I,${INCLUDE_DIRS}} -I"${JAVA_HOME}/include" -I"${JAVA_HOME}/include/${JNI_INCLUDE_FOLDER}" -o src/main/resources/lib/${LIBRARY_RESOURCE} c_kzg_4844_jni.c c_kzg_4844.o ../../lib/libblst.a
+	${CLANG_EXECUTABLE} ${CLANG_FLAGS} -O -Wall ${addprefix -I,${INCLUDE_DIRS}} -I"${JAVA_HOME}/include" -I"${JAVA_HOME}/include/${JNI_INCLUDE_FOLDER}" -o src/main/resources/lib/${LIBRARY_RESOURCE} c_kzg_4844_jni.c c_kzg_4844.o ../../lib/libblst.a
+
 test:
 	${GRADLE_COMMAND} clean test
 
diff --git a/bindings/java/README.md b/bindings/java/README.md
index 68ec40c..9028e64 100644
--- a/bindings/java/README.md
+++ b/bindings/java/README.md
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-* Follow the instructions in the [README.md](../../README.md) to install blst and build the C-KZG code. 
-* JAVA_HOME environment variable is set to a JDK with an `include` folder containing a jni.h file.
+* Follow the instructions in the [README.md](../../README.md) to install blst and build the C-KZG code.
+* `JAVA_HOME` environment variable is set to a JDK with an `include` folder containing a jni.h file.
 
 ## Build
 ```bash
 make c_kzg_4844_jni
 ```
 
-This will install the library in the `src/main/resources/lib` folder according to your os and arch
+This will install the library in the `src/main/resources/lib` folder according to your OS
 
 ## Test
 ```bash
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/test/java/CKZg4844JNITest.java b/bindings/java/src/test/java/CKZg4844JNITest.java
index 0857420..862c6bf 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/test/java/CKZg4844JNITest.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/test/java/CKZg4844JNITest.java
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ public class CKZg4844JNITest {
 
   }
 
-
   private byte[] createRandomBlob() {
     final byte[] blob = new byte[CKzg4844JNI.BYTES_PER_BLOB];
     random.nextBytes(blob);