diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 418a81dd..5fb700f8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,8 +9,14 @@ install: build
 	if test -d ~/.steampipe/db/14.2.0; then \
 		cp ./build-$(PLATFORM)/steampipe_postgres_fdw--1.0.sql $(STEAMPIPE_INSTALL_DIR)/db/14.2.0/postgres/share/postgresql/extension/; \
 		cp ./build-$(PLATFORM)/steampipe_postgres_fdw.control $(STEAMPIPE_INSTALL_DIR)/db/14.2.0/postgres/share/postgresql/extension/; \
+	fi
+	
+	if test -f ./build-$(PLATFORM)/steampipe_postgres_fdw.so; then \
 		cp ./build-$(PLATFORM)/steampipe_postgres_fdw.so $(STEAMPIPE_INSTALL_DIR)/db/14.2.0/postgres/lib/postgresql/; \
 	fi
+	if test -f ./build-$(PLATFORM)/steampipe_postgres_fdw.dylib; then \
+		cp ./build-$(PLATFORM)/steampipe_postgres_fdw.dylib $(STEAMPIPE_INSTALL_DIR)/db/14.2.0/postgres/lib/postgresql/; \
+	fi
 
 # build standalone 
 standalone: validate_plugin prebuild.go
diff --git a/fdw/Makefile b/fdw/Makefile
index 0907f7d2..865d4eba 100644
--- a/fdw/Makefile
+++ b/fdw/Makefile
@@ -44,11 +44,17 @@ ifeq ($(shell uname -s),Darwin)
 	export CGO_LDFLAGS = -Wl,-undefined,dynamic_lookup
 endif
 
+# if we are building for pg16, we need to use the pg10 build tags
+ifeq ($(shell $(PG_CONFIG) --version | cut -d' ' -f2 | cut -d'.' -f1), 14)
+	BUILD_TAGS := $(BUILD_TAGS),pg14
+endif
+
 go: ../fdw.go
+	@echo $(BUILD_TAGS)
 	# we are building with the net package from go
 	# this has the caveat that, since we are not binding to lresolv, DNS resolution may 
 	# have some subtle differences from system DNS resolution 
-	CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -v -x -o steampipe_postgres_fdw.a  -tags "$(BUILD_TAGS)" -buildmode=c-archive ../*.go
+	CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -v -o steampipe_postgres_fdw.a  -tags "$(BUILD_TAGS)" -buildmode=c-archive ../*.go
 
 inst:
 	mkdir -p ../build-${PLATFORM}
diff --git a/fdw/fdw_helpers.h b/fdw/fdw_helpers.h
index e504af88..91ae072b 100644
--- a/fdw/fdw_helpers.h
+++ b/fdw/fdw_helpers.h
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ static inline void *fdw_getStruct(HeapTuple tuple) { return GETSTRUCT(tuple); }
 
 static inline NodeTag fdw_nodeTag(Expr *node) { return nodeTag(node); }
 
-static inline Datum fdw_boolGetDatum(bool b) { PG_RETURN_BOOL(b); }
-
 #if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 160000
 static inline Datum fdw_cStringGetDatum(const char *str) { PG_RETURN_DATUM(CStringGetTextDatum((char *)str)); }
 static inline Datum fdw_jsonbGetDatum(const char *str) { PG_RETURN_JSONB_P((char *)DirectFunctionCall1(jsonb_in, CStringGetDatum(str))); }
@@ -48,6 +46,8 @@ static inline Datum fdw_jsonbGetDatum(const char *str) { PG_RETURN_JSONB_P((char
 static inline Datum fdw_cStringGetDatum(const char *str) { PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(CStringGetTextDatum(str)); }
 static inline Datum fdw_jsonbGetDatum(const char *str)   { PG_RETURN_JSONB_P(DirectFunctionCall1(jsonb_in, CStringGetDatum(str))); }
 #endif
+
+static inline Datum fdw_boolGetDatum(bool b) { PG_RETURN_BOOL(b); }
 static inline Datum fdw_numericGetDatum(int64_t num) { PG_RETURN_INT64(Int64GetDatum(num)); }
 static inline Datum fdw_floatGetDatum(double num) { PG_RETURN_FLOAT8(Float8GetDatum(num)); }
 static inline Datum fdw_pointerGetDatum(void *num) { PG_RETURN_DATUM(PointerGetDatum(num)); }
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ static inline char *valueString(String *v) { return strVal(v); }
 #else
 static inline char *valueString(Value *v) { return (((Value *)(v))->val.str); }
 #endif
+
+#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 160000
+static inline void fdw_appendBinaryStringInfo(StringInfo str, const char *data, int datalen) { appendBinaryStringInfo(str,(void *)data,datalen); }
+#else
+static inline void fdw_appendBinaryStringInfo(StringInfo str, const char *data, int datalen) { appendBinaryStringInfo(str,data,datalen); }
+#endif
+
 static inline char **incStringPointer(char **ptr) { return ++ptr; }
 static inline unsigned char *incUcharPointer(unsigned char *ptr) { return ++ptr; }
 static inline unsigned char *ipAddr(inet *i) { return ip_addr(i); }
diff --git a/helpers.go b/helpers.go
index 9e770733..7b682861 100644
--- a/helpers.go
+++ b/helpers.go
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ func valToBuffer(val interface{}, oid C.Oid, buffer C.StringInfo) (err error) {
 	}
 
 	C.resetStringInfo(buffer)
-	C.appendBinaryStringInfo(buffer, unsafe.Pointer(C.CString(valueString)), C.int(len(valueString)))
+	C.fdw_appendBinaryStringInfo(buffer, C.CString(valueString), C.int(len(valueString)))
 	return
 }