diff --git a/binding/binding-mri.cpp b/binding/binding-mri.cpp
index a6015874..8f3c6442 100644
--- a/binding/binding-mri.cpp
+++ b/binding/binding-mri.cpp
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ static void showExc(VALUE exc, const BacktraceData &btData) {
 }
 
 static void mriBindingExecute() {
-#if RAPI_MAJOR > 2
+#if RAPI_MAJOR >= 2
   /* Normally only a ruby executable would do a sysinit,
    * but not doing it will lead to crashes due to closed
    * stdio streams on some platforms (eg. Windows) */
@@ -789,16 +789,15 @@ static void mriBindingExecute() {
 #else
   ruby_init();
   rb_eval_string("$KCODE='U'");
+#ifdef MKXPZ_JIT
+  const char *rubyOpts[] = {"--jit-verbose=1"};
+    void *node = ruby_process_options(1, const_cast<char**>(rubyOpts);
+    int state;
+    bool valid = ruby_executable_node(node, &state);
+    state = ruby_exec_node(node);
 #endif
-
-#if RAPI_MAJOR >= 3
-  void* node = ruby_process_options(argc, argv);
-  int state;
-  bool valid = ruby_executable_node(node, &state);
-  state = ruby_exec_node(node);
 #endif
 
-
 #if defined(MKXPZ_ESSENTIALS_DEBUG) && !defined(__WIN32__)
   char *tmpdir = getenv("TMPDIR");
   if (tmpdir)
diff --git a/macos/Dependencies/dependencies.make b/macos/Dependencies/dependencies.make
index b40c3e61..692ac29f 100644
--- a/macos/Dependencies/dependencies.make
+++ b/macos/Dependencies/dependencies.make
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ RUBY_CONFIGURE_ARGS := \
 	--enable-install-static-library \
 	--enable-shared \
 	--disable-install-doc \
-	--with-out-ext=openssl,fiddle,gdbm,win32ole,win32 \
+	--with-out-ext=fiddle,gdbm,win32ole,win32 \
+	--with-static-linked-ext \
 	--disable-rubygems \
 	${EXTRA_RUBY_CONFIG_ARGS}
 
@@ -287,6 +288,7 @@ $(LIBDIR)/libruby.a: $(DOWNLOADS)/ruby18/Makefile
 $(DOWNLOADS)/ruby18/Makefile: $(DOWNLOADS)/ruby18/configure
 	cd $(DOWNLOADS)/ruby18; \
 	$(CONFIGURE) \
+	--with-static-linked-ext \
 	$(RUBY_FLAGS)
 
 $(DOWNLOADS)/ruby18/configure: $(DOWNLOADS)/ruby18/*.c