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That has nothing to do with Qt Creator, it just calls regular make + makefiles. Just add the weak linked libraries to the LIBS variable:

PS: for weak linking of a library use

See Apple’s documentation [developer.apple.com] for details.

Thanks. I was just about to post my findings and found your answer. :)

After diving into this I would have asked a different question of how to lazy load a shared library. I want strict linking on the symbols but to load the library only when needed. Also I apologize for not looking at the ld man page before asking this question (didn’t occur to me); maybe it will save someone down the road some time. :)

With that said, for those interested this is how to lazy load a shared library on osx:

Thanks again!