diff --git a/mac-setup/.gitignore b/mac-setup/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/mac-setup/.gitignore
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+macdylibbundler
+Xournal++.app
+
diff --git a/mac-setup/build-app.sh b/mac-setup/build-app.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+## Mac Setup script
+## 1. do the build, will not be called from this script
+## 2. call this script
+## 3. an .app will be packed
+
+# go to script directory
+cd "${0%/*}"
+
+# delete old app, if there
+echo "clean old app"
+
+rm -rf ./Xournal++.app
+
+echo "prepare macdylibbundler"
+if [ ! -d "macdylibbundler" ]; then
+  git clone https://github.com/auriamg/macdylibbundler.git macdylibbundler
+  cd macdylibbundler
+else
+  cd macdylibbundler
+  git pull
+fi
+
+make -j 2
+
+cd ..
+echo "prepare package"
+
+mkdir -p Xournal++.app/Contents/MacOS
+cp ../build/src/xournalpp ./Xournal++.app/Contents/MacOS/xournalpp
+./macdylibbundler/macdylibbundler -od -b -x ./Xournal++.app/Contents/MacOS/xournalpp -d ./Xournal++.app/Contents/libs/
+
+echo "finished"