diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
index 8cdd2ac66..9e5671598 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ void MainWindow::createMenuBar()
     actionMinimize->setShortcutContext(Qt::ApplicationShortcut);
     actionMinimize->setShortcut(QKeySequence(Qt::CTRL + Qt::Key_M));
     actionMinimize->setShortcutVisibleInContextMenu(true);
-    connect(actionMinimize,SIGNAL(triggered()),this,SLOT(showMinimized())) ;
+    connect(actionMinimize,SIGNAL(triggered()),this,SLOT(minimizeWindow())) ;
 
     menuBar = new QMenuBar(this);
     QMenu *fileMenu = menuBar->addMenu("");
@@ -698,6 +698,13 @@ void MainWindow::createMenuBar()
 }
 #endif
 
+#if defined(Q_OS_DARWIN)
+void MainWindow::minimizeWindow()
+{
+    setWindowState(windowState() | Qt::WindowMinimized);
+}
+#endif
+
 void MainWindow::showBandwidthGraph()
 {
 	if(_bandwidthGraph == NULL)
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.h
index 692d7ed55..7525a0e30 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.h
@@ -265,6 +265,10 @@ private slots:
     void toggleVisibility(QSystemTrayIcon::ActivationReason e);
     void toggleVisibilitycontextmenu();
 
+#if defined(Q_OS_DARWIN)
+    void minimizeWindow();
+#endif
+
     /** Toolbar fns. */
     void addFriend();
     //void newRsCollection();