diff --git a/scripts/CI/configure_cmake.sh b/scripts/CI/configure_cmake.sh
index 1b57e0dfe..2c7b0dcc5 100755
--- a/scripts/CI/configure_cmake.sh
+++ b/scripts/CI/configure_cmake.sh
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ if [[ $WITH_DEBUG == true ]] ; then
   ARGS="$ARGS -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug"
 fi
 
+if [[ $CI_OS_NAME == "osx" ]] ; then
+  ARGS="$ARGS -DUSE_LEVELDB=OFF";
+fi
+
 echo "ARGS = ${ARGS}."
 
 cmake .. $ARGS
diff --git a/scripts/osx/install_deps.sh b/scripts/osx/install_deps.sh
index 3d53d4062..f9b38176d 100755
--- a/scripts/osx/install_deps.sh
+++ b/scripts/osx/install_deps.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-brew_packages="openblas snappy leveldb gflags glog szip lmdb hdf5 opencv protobuf boost cmake viennacl"
+brew_packages="openblas snappy leveldb gflags glog libaec lmdb hdf5 opencv protobuf boost cmake viennacl"
 for pkg in $brew_packages
 do
     echo "brew install $pkg || brew upgrade $pkg"
     brew install "$pkg" || brew upgrade "$pkg"
 done
 
+# fix for caffe
+brew uninstall --force caffe
+brew install --build-from-source caffe
+
 # with Python pycaffe needs dependencies built from source
 #brew install --build-from-source --with-python -vd protobuf
 #brew install --build-from-source -vd boost boost-python