diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7697be86d4..c4316aa05d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ if host_machine.cpu_family() == 'x86'
     )
 endif
 
-if host_machine.system() == 'darwin'
+isdarwin = host_machine.system() == 'darwin'
+if isdarwin
     add_project_arguments(
         cc.get_supported_arguments(
             '-Wno-deprecated-declarations', # For GSS.Framework
@@ -279,6 +280,13 @@ config.set_quoted('RNDC_CONFFILE', sysconfdir / 'rndc.conf')
 config.set_quoted('RNDC_KEYFILE', sysconfdir / 'rndc.key')
 
 config.set_quoted('NAMED_PLUGINDIR', libdir / 'bind')
+if isdarwin
+    # Plugin extensions - macOS is the only specific case
+    config.set_quoted('NAMED_PLUGINEXT', '.dylib')
+else
+    config.set_quoted('NAMED_PLUGINEXT', '.so')
+endif
+
 config.set_quoted('NAMED_LOCALSTATEDIR', localstatedir)
 config.set_quoted('NAMED_SYSCONFDIR', sysconfdir)
 config.set_quoted('NAMED_CONFFILE', sysconfdir / 'named.conf')