diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
index 3f5ca7dba..2b66a66b4 100644
--- a/BUILDING.md
+++ b/BUILDING.md
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ Linux / Unix
 MAC OS X
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-  You need to have Xcode from the Apple App Store installed in Applications, [Command Line Tools for the same Xcode version](https://developer.apple.com/),
+  You need to have Xcode from the Apple App Store installed in Applications, [Command Line Tools for the same Xcode version](https://developer.apple.com/) may be included depending on the version,
   [Homebrew](http://brew.sh/), and `$ brew install openssl` for openssl.
   Next compulsory requirement is Qt 5 (>= 5.7) with QtWebEngine.
-  After successful compilation, you need to run macdeploy.sh script to correctly
-  build the application bundle. You will do it with following command:
+  After successful compilation, you need to build the application bundle and follow any
+  instructions that may be presented. You will do it with following command:
 
-    $ ./mac/macdeploy.sh <path-to-macdeployqt>
+    $ ./mac/macdeploy.sh [<path-to-macdeployqt>]
 
   You need to specify path to macdeployqt (usually in QTDIR/bin/macdeployqt) only
   if it is not in PATH.
diff --git a/mac/macdeploy.sh b/mac/macdeploy.sh
index 6d86eb41d..89596d7fd 100755
--- a/mac/macdeploy.sh
+++ b/mac/macdeploy.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 MACDEPLOYQT="macdeployqt"
 LIBRARY_NAME="libQupZilla.2.dylib"
+PLUGINS="QupZilla.app/Contents/Resources/plugins"
+QTPLUGINS="QupZilla.app/Contents/PlugIns"
 
 if [ -n "$1" ]; then
  MACDEPLOYQT=$1
@@ -19,23 +21,52 @@ cd bin
 # copy libQupZilla into bundle
 cp $LIBRARY_NAME QupZilla.app/Contents/MacOS/
 
-# copy all plugins into bundle
-test -d QupZilla.app/Contents/Resources/plugins || mkdir QupZilla.app/Contents/Resources/plugins
-cp plugins/*.dylib QupZilla.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/
+# copy all QupZilla plugins into bundle
+test -d $PLUGINS || mkdir $PLUGINS
+cp plugins/*.dylib $PLUGINS/
 
 # fix libQupZilla
 install_name_tool -change $LIBRARY_NAME @executable_path/$LIBRARY_NAME QupZilla.app/Contents/MacOS/QupZilla
 
 # fix plugins
-for plugin in QupZilla.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/*.dylib
+for plugin in $PLUGINS/*.dylib
 do
  install_name_tool -change $LIBRARY_NAME @executable_path/$LIBRARY_NAME $plugin
 done
 
+# prompt and optionally copy additional Qt native plugin(s) into bundle
+echo -n "Do you wish to redistribute known, missing, Qt Library plugins (y/n)? "
+old_stty_cfg=$(stty -g)
+stty raw -echo
+answer=$( while ! head -c 1 | grep -i '[yn]'; do true; done )
+stty $old_stty_cfg
+if echo "$answer" | grep -iq "^y"; then
+  if [ -z ${QTDIR+x} ]; then
+    printf '\nPlease set the environment variable for the Qt platform folder.\n\texample:\n\t$ export QTDIR="$HOME/Qt/5.7/clang_64"\n'
+    exit 1
+  else
+    printf '\nCopying known, missing, Qt native library plugins to target bundle...\n'
+
+    mkdir -p $QTPLUGINS
+
+    FILE="$QTDIR/plugins/iconengines/libqsvgicon.dylib"
+    if [ -f "$FILE" ]; then
+      cp $FILE $QTPLUGINS/
+    else
+      echo "$FILE: No such file"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+
+  fi
+else
+  printf '\nChecking for prior deploy image Qt native library plugins at target bundle...\n'
+
+  rm -Rf $QTPLUGINS
+fi
+
 # run macdeployqt
 $MACDEPLOYQT QupZilla.app
 
 # create final dmg image
 cd ../mac
 ./create_dmg.sh
-