diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index c041eab6..72cb4465 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Miscellaneous:
 - Generated X.509 certificates are now version 3 ones.
 - Bundled Bouncy Castle jars upgraded to version 1.58; 1.56 is the new
   minimum required version.
+- Portecle is now also distributed as unsigned macOS application bundle
 
 New in Portecle 1.10 (2016-02-04):
 ----------------------------------
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 326353a4..52ed83ab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -105,6 +105,14 @@ If you wish to manage the jar locations yourself, use Java's `-cp`
 option for that, and `net.sf.portecle.FPortecle` as the class to
 launch.
 
+### macOS Application Bundle
+
+As of v1.11 a macOS application bundle is available and provides an
+alternative way to run Portecle on your Mac. Unzip `portecle.app.zip` and
+CTRL-Right-Click on the extracted Portecle.app bundle. macOS will warn you 
+about the fact that the bundle is not signed but allows you to run it
+anyway (this procedure is only required the first time you run Protecle). 
+
 ### Experimental Features
 
 Portecle releases may contain experimental features that are not
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 018e009e..ea1e35dc 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -269,6 +269,30 @@
         fullpath="portecle-${version}/bcpkix.jar" />
     </p:zip>
   </target>
+  
+  <target name="macdist" depends="jar"
+    description="Builds the Portecle application bundle for macOS">
+    <mkdir dir="${dist}" />
+    <p:zip destfile="${dist}/portecle-${version}.app.zip">
+      <zipfileset prefix="Portecle.app"
+        dir="${root}" includes="README.md,LICENSE.txt,NEWS.txt" />
+      <zipfileset prefix="Portecle.app/Contents"
+        dir="${src}/etc" includes="Info.plist" />
+      <zipfileset prefix="Portecle.app/Contents/MacOS"
+        dir="${src}/etc" filemode="755" includes="JavaAppLauncher" />
+      <zipfileset prefix="Portecle.app/Contents/Resources"
+        dir="${lib}" includes="LICENSE.bouncycastle.txt" />
+      <zipfileset prefix="Portecle.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj"
+        dir="${src}/etc" includes="Localizable.strings" />
+      <zipfileset prefix="Portecle.app/Contents/Resources"
+        dir="${src}/icons" includes="icns/portecle*.*" />
+      <zipfileset prefix="Portecle.app/Contents/Java" file="${build}/${jar}" />
+      <zipfileset file="${bcprov.jar}"
+        fullpath="Portecle.app/Contents/Java/bcprov.jar" />
+      <zipfileset file="${bcpkix.jar}"
+        fullpath="Portecle.app/Contents/Java/bcpkix.jar" />
+    </p:zip>
+  </target>
 
   <target name="srcdist"
     description="Builds the Portecle source distribution">
@@ -287,7 +311,7 @@
     </p:zip>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="dist" depends="srcdist,bindist"
+  <target name="dist" depends="srcdist,bindist,macdist"
     description="Builds Portecle distributions" />
 
   <target name="all" depends="dist,javadoc"
diff --git a/src/etc/Info.plist b/src/etc/Info.plist
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..403d103b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/Info.plist
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+    <dict>
+    <key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
+    <string>English</string>
+
+    <key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
+    <string>JavaAppLauncher</string>
+
+    <key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
+    <string>icns/portecle.icns</string>
+
+    <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
+    <string>net.sf.portecle</string>
+
+    <key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>
+    <string>Portecle</string>
+
+    <key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
+    <string>6.0</string>
+
+    <key>CFBundleName</key>
+    <string>Portecle</string>
+
+    <key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
+    <string>APPL</string>
+
+    <key>NSPrincipalClass</key>
+    <string>NSApplication</string>
+
+    <key>NSHighResolutionCapable</key>
+    <string>True</string>
+
+    <key>CFBundleSignature</key>
+    <string>????</string>
+
+    <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
+    <string>1.11</string>
+
+    <key>NSHumanReadableCopyright</key>
+    <string>Copyright © 2004 Wayne Grant, 2004 Mark Majczyk,
+    2004-2017 Ville Skyttä
+    
+    Portecle is licensed under GNU GPLv2 and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
+    
+    </string>
+
+	<key>JVMVersion</key>
+	<string>1.7+</string>
+  
+    <key>JVMMainClassName</key>
+    <string>net.sf.portecle.FPortecle</string>
+
+    <key>JVMOptions</key>
+    <array>
+        <string>-Dapple.laf.useScreenMenuBar=true</string>
+        <string>-Duser.dir=$APP_ROOT/Contents</string>
+        <string>-Xdock:name=Portecle</string>
+    </array>
+
+    <key>JVMArguments</key>
+    <array/>
+
+    </dict>
+</plist>
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+++ b/src/etc/Localizable.strings
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"JRELoadError" = "Unable to load Java Runtime Environment.";
+"MainClassNameRequired" = "Main class name is required.";
+"JavaDirectoryNotFound" = "Unable to enumerate Java directory contents.";
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