diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 51e1993b..26aaf1ec 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ find_package(Qt5Widgets REQUIRED)
 find_package(Qt5Network REQUIRED)
 find_package(Qt5LinguistTools REQUIRED)
 
+if (APPLE)
+    find_package(Qt5MacExtras REQUIRED)
+endif(APPLE)
+
 if (Qt5Widgets_FOUND)
     if (Qt5Widgets_VERSION VERSION_LESS 5.7.0)
         message(STATUS "Qt version ${Qt5Widgets_VERSION}")
@@ -244,6 +248,10 @@ else()
     add_executable (nheko ${OS_BUNDLE} ${SRC_FILES} ${UI_HEADERS} ${MOC_HEADERS} ${QRC} ${LANG_QRC} ${QM_SRC})
     target_link_libraries (nheko matrix_events Qt5::Widgets Qt5::Network)
 
+    if (APPLE)
+        target_link_libraries(nheko Qt5::MacExtras)
+    endif(APPLE)
+
     if(WIN32)
         target_link_libraries(nheko Qt5::WinMain)
     endif(WIN32)
diff --git a/src/TrayIcon.cc b/src/TrayIcon.cc
index beaf00df..7e649077 100644
--- a/src/TrayIcon.cc
+++ b/src/TrayIcon.cc
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 
 #include "TrayIcon.h"
 
+#if defined(Q_OS_MAC)
+#include <QtMacExtras>
+#endif
+
 MsgCountComposedIcon::MsgCountComposedIcon(const QString &filename)
     : QIconEngine()
 {
@@ -91,10 +95,17 @@ TrayIcon::TrayIcon(const QString &filename, QWidget *parent)
 
 void TrayIcon::setUnreadCount(int count)
 {
+#if defined(Q_OS_MAC)
+	if (count == 0)
+		QtMac::setBadgeLabelText("");
+	else
+		QtMac::setBadgeLabelText(QString::number(count));
+#else
 	MsgCountComposedIcon *tmp = static_cast<MsgCountComposedIcon *>(icon_->clone());
 	tmp->msgCount = count;
 
 	setIcon(QIcon(tmp));
 
 	icon_ = tmp;
+#endif
 }