diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5e927181..1b132ca9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 v1.1.3
-cli : new : commands for advanced parameters, by Przemyslaw Skibinski
+cli : new : advanced commands for detailed parameters, by Przemyslaw Skibinski
+cli : fix zstdless on Mac OS-X, by Andrew Janke
 API : fix : all symbols properly exposed in libzstd, by Nick Terrell
 API : new : ZSTD_create?Dict_byReference(), requested by Bartosz Taudul
+API : new : ZDICT_finalizeDictionary()
 
 v1.1.2
 API : streaming : decompression : changed : automatic implicit reset when chain-decoding new frames without init
diff --git a/contrib/pzstd/Makefile b/contrib/pzstd/Makefile
index 99d955e9..f148bfd8 100644
--- a/contrib/pzstd/Makefile
+++ b/contrib/pzstd/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ POSTCOMPILE = mv -f $*.Td $*.d
 
 # CFLAGS, CXXFLAGS, CPPFLAGS, and LDFLAGS are for the users to override
 CFLAGS   ?= -O3 -Wall -Wextra
-CXXFLAGS ?= -O3 -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -std=c++11
+CXXFLAGS ?= -O3 -Wall -Wextra -pedantic
 CPPFLAGS ?=
 LDFLAGS  ?=
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ GTEST_INC  = -isystem googletest/googletest/include
 PZSTD_CPPFLAGS  = $(PZSTD_INC)
 PZSTD_CCXXFLAGS =
 PZSTD_CFLAGS    = $(PZSTD_CCXXFLAGS)
-PZSTD_CXXFLAGS  = $(PZSTD_CCXXFLAGS)
+PZSTD_CXXFLAGS  = $(PZSTD_CCXXFLAGS) -std=c++11
 PZSTD_LDFLAGS   =
 EXTRA_FLAGS     =
 ALL_CFLAGS      = $(EXTRA_FLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(PZSTD_CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)   $(PZSTD_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c b/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
index afac869c..7626b33a 100644
--- a/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
+++ b/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ static void ZSTD_resetSeqStore(seqStore_t* ssPtr)
 /*-*************************************
 *  Context memory management
 ***************************************/
-struct ZSTD_CCtx_s
-{
+struct ZSTD_CCtx_s {
     const BYTE* nextSrc;    /* next block here to continue on current prefix */
     const BYTE* base;       /* All regular indexes relative to this position */
     const BYTE* dictBase;   /* extDict indexes relative to this position */
@@ -2742,7 +2741,7 @@ struct ZSTD_CDict_s {
 size_t ZSTD_sizeof_CDict(const ZSTD_CDict* cdict)
 {
     if (cdict==NULL) return 0;   /* support sizeof on NULL */
-    return ZSTD_sizeof_CCtx(cdict->refContext) + cdict->dictContentSize;
+    return ZSTD_sizeof_CCtx(cdict->refContext) + (cdict->dictBuffer ? cdict->dictContentSize : 0) + sizeof(*cdict);
 }
 
 ZSTD_CDict* ZSTD_createCDict_advanced(const void* dictBuffer, size_t dictSize, unsigned byReference,
diff --git a/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress.c b/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress.c
index e976cd26..02f3bf45 100644
--- a/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress.c
+++ b/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress.c
@@ -1792,7 +1792,7 @@ size_t ZSTD_freeDDict(ZSTD_DDict* ddict)
 size_t ZSTD_sizeof_DDict(const ZSTD_DDict* ddict)
 {
     if (ddict==NULL) return 0;   /* support sizeof on NULL */
-    return sizeof(*ddict) + sizeof(ddict->refContext) + ddict->dictSize;
+    return sizeof(*ddict) + ZSTD_sizeof_DCtx(ddict->refContext) + (ddict->dictBuffer ? ddict->dictSize : 0) ;
 }
 
 /*! ZSTD_getDictID_fromDict() :
diff --git a/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.c b/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.c
index ac22e870..0757dbbb 100644
--- a/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.c
+++ b/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 #define NOISELENGTH 32
 
 #define MINRATIO 4
-static const int g_compressionLevel_default = 5;
+static const int g_compressionLevel_default = 6;
 static const U32 g_selectivity_default = 9;
 static const size_t g_provision_entropySize = 200;
 static const size_t g_min_fast_dictContent = 192;
@@ -824,6 +824,55 @@ _cleanup:
 }
 
 
+
+size_t ZDICT_finalizeDictionary(void* dictBuffer, size_t dictBufferCapacity,
+                          const void* customDictContent, size_t dictContentSize,
+                          const void* samplesBuffer, const size_t* samplesSizes, unsigned nbSamples,
+                          ZDICT_params_t params)
+{
+    size_t hSize;
+#define HBUFFSIZE 256
+    BYTE header[HBUFFSIZE];
+    int const compressionLevel = (params.compressionLevel <= 0) ? g_compressionLevel_default : params.compressionLevel;
+    U32 const notificationLevel = params.notificationLevel;
+
+    /* check conditions */
+    if (dictBufferCapacity < dictContentSize) return ERROR(dstSize_tooSmall);
+    if (dictContentSize < ZDICT_CONTENTSIZE_MIN) return ERROR(srcSize_wrong);
+    if (dictBufferCapacity < ZDICT_DICTSIZE_MIN) return ERROR(dstSize_tooSmall);
+
+    /* dictionary header */
+    MEM_writeLE32(header, ZSTD_DICT_MAGIC);
+    {   U64 const randomID = XXH64(customDictContent, dictContentSize, 0);
+        U32 const compliantID = (randomID % ((1U<<31)-32768)) + 32768;
+        U32 const dictID = params.dictID ? params.dictID : compliantID;
+        MEM_writeLE32(header+4, dictID);
+    }
+    hSize = 8;
+
+    /* entropy tables */
+    DISPLAYLEVEL(2, "\r%70s\r", "");   /* clean display line */
+    DISPLAYLEVEL(2, "statistics ... \n");
+    {   size_t const eSize = ZDICT_analyzeEntropy(header+hSize, HBUFFSIZE-hSize,
+                                  compressionLevel,
+                                  samplesBuffer, samplesSizes, nbSamples,
+                                  customDictContent, dictContentSize,
+                                  notificationLevel);
+        if (ZDICT_isError(eSize)) return eSize;
+        hSize += eSize;
+    }
+
+    /* copy elements in final buffer ; note : src and dst buffer can overlap */
+    if (hSize + dictContentSize > dictBufferCapacity) dictContentSize = dictBufferCapacity - hSize;
+    {   size_t const dictSize = hSize + dictContentSize;
+        char* dictEnd = (char*)dictBuffer + dictSize;
+        memmove(dictEnd - dictContentSize, customDictContent, dictContentSize);
+        memcpy(dictBuffer, header, hSize);
+        return dictSize;
+    }
+}
+
+
 size_t ZDICT_addEntropyTablesFromBuffer_advanced(void* dictBuffer, size_t dictContentSize, size_t dictBufferCapacity,
                                                  const void* samplesBuffer, const size_t* samplesSizes, unsigned nbSamples,
                                                  ZDICT_params_t params)
diff --git a/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.h b/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.h
index d6cf1839..63b8f072 100644
--- a/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.h
+++ b/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.h
@@ -87,22 +87,57 @@ ZDICTLIB_API size_t ZDICT_trainFromBuffer_advanced(void* dictBuffer, size_t dict
                                 ZDICT_params_t parameters);
 
 
-/*! ZDICT_addEntropyTablesFromBuffer() :
+/*! ZDICT_finalizeDictionary() :
+
+    Given a custom content as a basis for dictionary, and a set of samples,
+    finalize dictionary by adding headers and statistics.
 
-    Given a content-only dictionary (built using any 3rd party algorithm),
-    add entropy tables computed from an array of samples.
     Samples must be stored concatenated in a flat buffer `samplesBuffer`,
     supplied with an array of sizes `samplesSizes`, providing the size of each sample in order.
 
-    The input dictionary content must be stored *at the end* of `dictBuffer`.
-    Its size is `dictContentSize`.
-    The resulting dictionary with added entropy tables will be *written back to `dictBuffer`*,
-    starting from its beginning.
-    @return : size of dictionary stored into `dictBuffer` (<= `dictBufferCapacity`).
-*/
-ZDICTLIB_API size_t ZDICT_addEntropyTablesFromBuffer(void* dictBuffer, size_t dictContentSize, size_t dictBufferCapacity,
-                                        const void* samplesBuffer, const size_t* samplesSizes, unsigned nbSamples);
+    dictContentSize must be > ZDICT_CONTENTSIZE_MIN bytes.
+    maxDictSize must be >= dictContentSize, and must be > ZDICT_DICTSIZE_MIN bytes.
 
+    @return : size of dictionary stored into `dictBuffer` (<= `dictBufferCapacity`),
+              or an error code, which can be tested by ZDICT_isError().
+    note : ZDICT_finalizeDictionary() will push notifications into stderr if instructed to, using notificationLevel>0.
+    note 2 : dictBuffer and customDictContent can overlap
+*/
+#define ZDICT_CONTENTSIZE_MIN 256
+#define ZDICT_DICTSIZE_MIN    512
+ZDICTLIB_API size_t ZDICT_finalizeDictionary(void* dictBuffer, size_t dictBufferCapacity,
+                                const void* customDictContent, size_t dictContentSize,
+                                const void* samplesBuffer, const size_t* samplesSizes, unsigned nbSamples,
+                                ZDICT_params_t parameters);
+
+
+
+/* Deprecation warnings */
+/* It is generally possible to disable deprecation warnings from compiler,
+   for example with -Wno-deprecated-declarations for gcc
+   or _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS in Visual.
+   Otherwise, it's also possible to manually define ZDICT_DISABLE_DEPRECATE_WARNINGS */
+#ifdef ZDICT_DISABLE_DEPRECATE_WARNINGS
+#  define ZDICT_DEPRECATED(message) ZDICTLIB_API   /* disable deprecation warnings */
+#else
+#  define ZDICT_GCC_VERSION (__GNUC__ * 100 + __GNUC_MINOR__)
+#  if defined (__cplusplus) && (__cplusplus >= 201402) /* C++14 or greater */
+#    define ZDICT_DEPRECATED(message) ZDICTLIB_API [[deprecated(message)]]
+#  elif (ZDICT_GCC_VERSION >= 405) || defined(__clang__)
+#    define ZDICT_DEPRECATED(message) ZDICTLIB_API __attribute__((deprecated(message)))
+#  elif (ZDICT_GCC_VERSION >= 301)
+#    define ZDICT_DEPRECATED(message) ZDICTLIB_API __attribute__((deprecated))
+#  elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+#    define ZDICT_DEPRECATED(message) ZDICTLIB_API __declspec(deprecated(message))
+#  else
+#    pragma message("WARNING: You need to implement ZDICT_DEPRECATED for this compiler")
+#    define ZDICT_DEPRECATED(message) ZDICTLIB_API
+#  endif
+#endif /* ZDICT_DISABLE_DEPRECATE_WARNINGS */
+
+ZDICT_DEPRECATED("use ZDICT_finalizeDictionary() instead")
+size_t ZDICT_addEntropyTablesFromBuffer(void* dictBuffer, size_t dictContentSize, size_t dictBufferCapacity,
+                                  const void* samplesBuffer, const size_t* samplesSizes, unsigned nbSamples);
 
 
 #endif   /* ZDICT_STATIC_LINKING_ONLY */
diff --git a/programs/zstdless b/programs/zstdless
index ab021405..893799e7 100755
--- a/programs/zstdless
+++ b/programs/zstdless
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-zstdcat $@ | less
+#!/bin/sh
+zstdcat "$@" | less
diff --git a/tests/symbols.c b/tests/symbols.c
index 8d03df2f..e007148f 100644
--- a/tests/symbols.c
+++ b/tests/symbols.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #define ZBUFF_DISABLE_DEPRECATE_WARNINGS
 #define ZBUFF_STATIC_LINKING_ONLY
 #include "zbuff.h"
+#define ZDICT_DISABLE_DEPRECATE_WARNINGS
 #define ZDICT_STATIC_LINKING_ONLY
 #include "zdict.h"