How to sync Google contacts for iMessage on OSX

All of my contacts are Google contacts. On my iPhone, I can add my Google account and sync my contacts. So now, my contacts appear as intended (contact, picture, etc).
How can I do the same thing on OSX? I added my @gmail account via System Settings on OSX but there was no option to sync contacts. So on iMessage for OSX, the same contacts that appear as names/pictures on my iPhone are displaying as phone numbers.
Any ideas?

Google have recently changed their Contacts application to use Dav services, because of that there is a new method.
Google have documentation on their site, this is a recent change.
Here is a link to the directions Google have published.
Here is another, specific to Contacts on Mountain Lion

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