diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2e02b46..7bc80b2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,5 +5,9 @@ os:
 julia:
     - 0.6
     - nightly
+env:
+  matrix:
+    - FORCE_COMPILE_ZMQ=yes
+    - FORCE_COMPILE_ZMQ=no
 notifications:
     email: false
diff --git a/deps/build.jl b/deps/build.jl
index 4fac78d..9332a4e 100644
--- a/deps/build.jl
+++ b/deps/build.jl
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 using BinaryProvider # requires BinaryProvider 0.3.0 or later
+include("compile.jl")
+
+# env var to force compilation from source, for testing purposes
+const forcecompile = get(ENV, "FORCE_COMPILE_ZMQ", "no") == "yes"
 
 # Parse some basic command-line arguments
-const verbose = "--verbose" in ARGS
+const verbose = "--verbose" in ARGS || forcecompile
 const prefix = Prefix(get([a for a in ARGS if a != "--verbose"], 1, joinpath(@__DIR__, "usr")))
 products = [
     LibraryProduct(prefix, String["libzmq"], :libzmq),
@@ -26,19 +30,33 @@ download_info = Dict(
     Windows(:x86_64) => ("$bin_prefix/ZMQ.x86_64-w64-mingw32.tar.gz", "84f8937f65015620ec56cb1ee867217edcfb6b2aec7ea41a2b1d9c32fe616925"),
 )
 
+# source code tarball and hash for fallback compilation
+source_url = "https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases/download/v4.2.5/zeromq-4.2.5.tar.gz"
+source_hash = "cc9090ba35713d59bb2f7d7965f877036c49c5558ea0c290b0dcc6f2a17e489f"
+
 # Install unsatisfied or updated dependencies:
 unsatisfied = any(!satisfied(p; verbose=verbose) for p in products)
-if haskey(download_info, platform_key())
+if haskey(download_info, platform_key()) && !forcecompile
     url, tarball_hash = download_info[platform_key()]
-    if unsatisfied || !isinstalled(url, tarball_hash; prefix=prefix)
+    if !isinstalled(url, tarball_hash; prefix=prefix)
         # Download and install binaries
         install(url, tarball_hash; prefix=prefix, force=true, verbose=verbose)
+
+        # check again whether the dependency is satisfied, which
+        # may not be true if dlopen fails due to a libc++ incompatibility (#176)
+        unsatisfied = any(!satisfied(p; verbose=verbose) for p in products)
+    end
+end
+
+if unsatisfied || forcecompile
+    # Fall back to building from source, giving the library a different name
+    # so that it is not overwritten by BinaryBuilder downloads or vice-versa.
+    libname = "libzmq_from_source"
+    products = [ LibraryProduct(prefix, [libname], :libzmq) ]
+    source_path = joinpath(prefix, "downloads", "src.tar.gz")
+    if !isfile(source_path) || !verify(source_path, source_hash; verbose=verbose) || !satisfied(products[1]; verbose=verbose)
+        compile(libname, source_url, source_hash, prefix=prefix, verbose=verbose)
     end
-elseif unsatisfied
-    # If we don't have a BinaryProvider-compatible .tar.gz to download, complain.
-    # Alternatively, you could attempt to install from a separate provider,
-    # build from source or something even more ambitious here.
-    error("Your platform $(triplet(platform_key())) is not supported by this package!")
 end
 
 # Write out a deps.jl file that will contain mappings for our products
diff --git a/deps/compile.jl b/deps/compile.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f44aa40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/compile.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+using BinaryProvider, Compat
+using Compat.Libdl: dlext
+
+function compile(libname, tarball_url, hash; prefix=BinaryProvider.global_prefix, verbose=false)
+    # download to tarball_path
+    tarball_path = joinpath(prefix, "downloads", "src.tar.gz")
+    download_verify(tarball_url, hash, tarball_path; force=true, verbose=verbose)
+
+    # unpack into source_path
+    tarball_dir = joinpath(prefix, "downloads", split(first(list_tarball_files(tarball_path)), '/')[1]) # e.g. "zeromq-4.2.5"
+    source_path = joinpath(prefix, "downloads", "src")
+    verbose && Compat.@info("Unpacking $tarball_path into $source_path")
+    rm(tarball_dir, force=true, recursive=true)
+    rm(source_path, force=true, recursive=true)
+    unpack(tarball_path, dirname(tarball_dir); verbose=verbose)
+    mv(tarball_dir, source_path)
+
+    install_dir = joinpath(source_path, "julia_install")
+    verbose && Compat.@info("Compiling in $source_path...")
+    cd(source_path) do
+        run(`./configure --prefix=$install_dir --without-docs --disable-libunwind --disable-perf --disable-eventfd --without-gcov --disable-curve-keygen`)
+        run(`make`)
+        run(`make install`)
+        mkpath(libdir(prefix))
+        cp("$install_dir/lib/libzmq.$dlext", joinpath(libdir(prefix), libname*"."*dlext),
+           remove_destination=true, follow_symlinks=true)
+    end
+end