diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7afa6c472..1ecf672f9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ CXXFLAGS += -I$(GHDL_INCLUDE_DIR) -DYOSYS_ENABLE_GHDL
 LDLIBS += $(GHDL_LIB_DIR)/libghdl.a $(file <$(GHDL_LIB_DIR)/libghdl.link)
 endif
 
+LDLIBS_VERIFIC =
 ifeq ($(ENABLE_VERIFIC),1)
 VERIFIC_DIR ?= /usr/local/src/verific_lib
 VERIFIC_COMPONENTS ?= verilog database util containers hier_tree
@@ -548,9 +549,9 @@ CXXFLAGS += -DYOSYSHQ_VERIFIC_EXTENSIONS
 endif
 CXXFLAGS += $(patsubst %,-I$(VERIFIC_DIR)/%,$(VERIFIC_COMPONENTS)) -DYOSYS_ENABLE_VERIFIC
 ifeq ($(OS), Darwin)
-LDLIBS += $(patsubst %,$(VERIFIC_DIR)/%/*-mac.a,$(VERIFIC_COMPONENTS)) -lz
+LDLIBS_VERIFIC += $(foreach comp,$(patsubst %,$(VERIFIC_DIR)/%/*-mac.a,$(VERIFIC_COMPONENTS)),-Wl,-force_load $(comp)) -lz
 else
-LDLIBS += $(patsubst %,$(VERIFIC_DIR)/%/*-linux.a,$(VERIFIC_COMPONENTS)) -lz
+LDLIBS_VERIFIC += -Wl,--whole-archive $(patsubst %,$(VERIFIC_DIR)/%/*-linux.a,$(VERIFIC_COMPONENTS)) -Wl,--no-whole-archive -lz
 endif
 endif
 
@@ -740,13 +741,13 @@ yosys.js: $(filter-out yosysjs-$(YOSYS_VER).zip,$(EXTRA_TARGETS))
 endif
 
 $(PROGRAM_PREFIX)yosys$(EXE): $(OBJS)
-	$(P) $(LD) -o $(PROGRAM_PREFIX)yosys$(EXE) $(EXE_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS) $(LDLIBS)
+	$(P) $(LD) -o $(PROGRAM_PREFIX)yosys$(EXE) $(EXE_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS) $(LDLIBS) $(LDLIBS_VERIFIC)
 
 libyosys.so: $(filter-out kernel/driver.o,$(OBJS))
 ifeq ($(OS), Darwin)
-	$(P) $(LD) -o libyosys.so -shared -Wl,-install_name,$(LIBDIR)/libyosys.so $(LDFLAGS) $^ $(LDLIBS)
+	$(P) $(LD) -o libyosys.so -shared -Wl,-install_name,$(LIBDIR)/libyosys.so $(LDFLAGS) $^ $(LDLIBS) $(LDLIBS_VERIFIC)
 else
-	$(P) $(LD) -o libyosys.so -shared -Wl,-soname,$(LIBDIR)/libyosys.so $(LDFLAGS) $^ $(LDLIBS)
+	$(P) $(LD) -o libyosys.so -shared -Wl,-soname,$(LIBDIR)/libyosys.so $(LDFLAGS) $^ $(LDLIBS) $(LDLIBS_VERIFIC)
 endif
 
 %.o: %.cc