diff --git a/docs/src/devdocs/sysimages_part_1.md b/docs/src/devdocs/sysimages_part_1.md
index 414a2ce2..06012e97 100644
--- a/docs/src/devdocs/sysimages_part_1.md
+++ b/docs/src/devdocs/sysimages_part_1.md
@@ -293,10 +293,10 @@ julia> stat(unsafe_string(Base.JLOptions().image_file)).size / (1024*1024)
 ##### macOS
 
 On `macOS` the linker flag `-Wl,--whole-archive` is instead written as
-`-Wl,-all_load` so the command would be
+`-Wl,-force_load` for each object file, so the command would be
 
 ```
-gcc -shared -o sys.dylib -Wl,-all_load sys.o -L"/home/kc/Applications/julia-1.3.0-rc4/lib" -ljulia
+gcc -shared -o sys.dylib -Wl,-force_load,sys.o -L"/home/kc/Applications/julia-1.3.0-rc4/lib" -ljulia
 ```
 
 Note that the extension has been changed from `so` to `dylib` which is the
diff --git a/src/PackageCompiler.jl b/src/PackageCompiler.jl
index 6fa7a565..36e7a229 100644
--- a/src/PackageCompiler.jl
+++ b/src/PackageCompiler.jl
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ function create_sysimg_from_object_file(object_files::Vector{String},
     end
     mkpath(dirname(sysimage_path))
     # Prevent compiler from stripping all symbols from the shared lib.
-    o_file_flags = Sys.isapple() ? `-Wl,-all_load $object_files` : `-Wl,--whole-archive $object_files -Wl,--no-whole-archive`
+    o_file_flags = Sys.isapple() ? `$(map(f -> "-Wl,-force_load,$f", object_files)...)` : `-Wl,--whole-archive $object_files -Wl,--no-whole-archive`
     extra = get_extra_linker_flags(version, compat_level, soname)
     cmd = `$(bitflag()) $(march()) -shared -L$(julia_libdir()) -L$(julia_private_libdir()) -o $sysimage_path $o_file_flags $(Base.shell_split(ldlibs())) $extra`
     run_compiler(cmd; cplusplus=true)