diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 0721d12e40..a543f06b3c 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -6827,6 +6827,9 @@ packager/registration/fcllaz.pas svneol=native#text/plain
 packager/registration/fpmake.pp svneol=native#text/plain
 packager/registration/lazaruspackageintf.pas svneol=native#text/pascal
 packager/registration/registerfcl.pas svneol=native#text/pascal
+startlazarus.app/Contents/Info.plist svneol=native#text/plain
+startlazarus.app/Contents/MacOS/startlazarus -text svneol=unset#application/octet-stream
+startlazarus.app/Contents/PkgInfo svneol=native#text/plain
 test/bugs/12204/bug12204.lpi svneol=native#text/plain
 test/bugs/12204/bug12204.pas svneol=native#text/plain
 test/bugs/12204/expected.txt svneol=native#text/plain
diff --git a/startlazarus.app/Contents/Info.plist b/startlazarus.app/Contents/Info.plist
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f227904965
--- /dev/null
+++ b/startlazarus.app/Contents/Info.plist
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//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>startlazarus</string>
+  <key>CFBundleName</key>
+  <string>startlazarus</string>
+  <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
+  <string>com.company.startlazarus</string>
+  <key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
+  <string>6.0</string>
+  <key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
+  <string>APPL</string>
+  <key>CFBundleSignature</key>
+  <string>star</string>
+  <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
+  <string>0.1</string>
+  <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
+  <string>1</string>
+  <key>CSResourcesFileMapped</key>
+  <true/>
+  <key>CFBundleDocumentTypes</key>
+  <array>
+    <dict>
+      <key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
+      <string>Viewer</string>
+      <key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key>
+      <array>
+        <string>*</string>
+      </array>
+      <key>CFBundleTypeOSTypes</key>
+      <array>
+        <string>fold</string>
+        <string>disk</string>
+        <string>****</string>
+      </array>
+    </dict>
+  </array>
+  <key>NSHighResolutionCapable</key>
+  <true/>
+</dict>
+</plist>
diff --git a/startlazarus.app/Contents/MacOS/startlazarus b/startlazarus.app/Contents/MacOS/startlazarus
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..04856541e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/startlazarus.app/Contents/MacOS/startlazarus
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../startlazarus
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/startlazarus.app/Contents/PkgInfo b/startlazarus.app/Contents/PkgInfo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f749b0f37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/startlazarus.app/Contents/PkgInfo
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+APPL????