diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 67873d69..fb72f323 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,30 +3,31 @@
 VERSION = $(shell go run tools/build-version.go)
 HASH = $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 DATE = $(shell go run tools/build-date.go)
+ADDITIONAL_GO_LINKER_FLAGS = $(shell go run tools/info-plist.go "$(VERSION)")
 
 GOBIN ?= $(GOPATH)/bin
 
 # Builds micro after checking dependencies but without updating the runtime
 build: deps
-	go build -ldflags "-s -w -X main.Version=$(VERSION) -X main.CommitHash=$(HASH) -X 'main.CompileDate=$(DATE)'" ./cmd/micro
+	go build -ldflags "-s -w -X main.Version=$(VERSION) -X main.CommitHash=$(HASH) -X 'main.CompileDate=$(DATE)' $(ADDITIONAL_GO_LINKER_FLAGS)" ./cmd/micro
 
 # Builds micro after building the runtime and checking dependencies
 build-all: runtime build
 
 # Builds micro without checking for dependencies
 build-quick:
-	go build -ldflags "-s -w -X main.Version=$(VERSION) -X main.CommitHash=$(HASH) -X 'main.CompileDate=$(DATE)'" ./cmd/micro
+	go build -ldflags "-s -w -X main.Version=$(VERSION) -X main.CommitHash=$(HASH) -X 'main.CompileDate=$(DATE)' $(ADDITIONAL_GO_LINKER_FLAGS)" ./cmd/micro
 
 # Same as 'build' but installs to $GOBIN afterward
 install: deps
-	go install -ldflags "-s -w -X main.Version=$(VERSION) -X main.CommitHash=$(HASH) -X 'main.CompileDate=$(DATE)'" ./cmd/micro
+	go install -ldflags "-s -w -X main.Version=$(VERSION) -X main.CommitHash=$(HASH) -X 'main.CompileDate=$(DATE)' $(ADDITIONAL_GO_LINKER_FLAGS)" ./cmd/micro
 
 # Same as 'build-all' but installs to $GOBIN afterward
 install-all: runtime install
 
 # Same as 'build-quick' but installs to $GOBIN afterward
 install-quick:
-	go install -ldflags "-s -w -X main.Version=$(VERSION) -X main.CommitHash=$(HASH) -X 'main.CompileDate=$(DATE)'" ./cmd/micro
+	go install -ldflags "-s -w -X main.Version=$(VERSION) -X main.CommitHash=$(HASH) -X 'main.CompileDate=$(DATE)' $(ADDITIONAL_GO_LINKER_FLAGS)"  ./cmd/micro
 
 # Checks for dependencies
 deps:
diff --git a/tools/cross-compile.sh b/tools/cross-compile.sh
index dff1ddff..ad210c4d 100755
--- a/tools/cross-compile.sh
+++ b/tools/cross-compile.sh
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ cp README.md micro-$1
 HASH="$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
 VERSION="$(go run tools/build-version.go)"
 DATE="$(go run tools/build-date.go)"
+ADDITIONAL_GO_LINKER_FLAGS="$(go run tools/info-plist.go $VERSION)"
 
 # Mac
 echo "OSX 64"
-GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "-s -w -X main.Version=$1 -X main.CommitHash=$HASH -X 'main.CompileDate=$DATE'" -o micro-$1/micro ./cmd/micro
+GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "-s -w -X main.Version=$1 -X main.CommitHash=$HASH -X 'main.CompileDate=$DATE' $ADDITIONAL_GO_LINKER_FLAGS" -o micro-$1/micro ./cmd/micro
 tar -czf micro-$1-osx.tar.gz micro-$1
 mv micro-$1-osx.tar.gz binaries
 
diff --git a/tools/info-plist.go b/tools/info-plist.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b16a8aee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/info-plist.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+    "os"
+    "fmt"
+    "runtime"
+    "io/ioutil"
+)
+
+func check(e error) {
+    if e != nil {
+        panic(e)
+    }
+}
+
+func main() {
+    if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+        if len(os.Args) == 2 {
+            raw_info_plist_string := `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+    <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
+    <string>io.github.micro-editor</string>
+    <key>CFBundleName</key>
+    <string>micro</string>
+    <key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
+    <string>6.0</string>
+    <key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
+    <string>APPL</string>
+    <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
+    <string>` + os.Args[1] + `</string>
+</dict>
+</plist>
+`
+            info_plist_data := []byte(raw_info_plist_string)
+            
+            err := ioutil.WriteFile("/tmp/micro-info.plist", info_plist_data, 0644)
+            check(err)
+            fmt.Println("-linkmode external -extldflags -Wl,-sectcreate,__TEXT,__info_plist,/tmp/micro-info.plist")
+        } else {
+            panic("missing argument for version number!")
+        }
+    }
+}