diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index 7aa9c0333..fe199fcd4 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -235,3 +235,7 @@ Files: src/gui/KMessageWidget.h
 Copyright: 2011 Aurélien Gâteau <agateau@kde.org>
            2014 Dominik Haumann <dhaumann@kde.org>
 License: LGPL-2.1
+
+Files: share/macosx/dmg-background.tiff
+Copyright: 2008-2014, Andrey Tarantsov
+License: MIT
diff --git a/LICENSE.MIT b/LICENSE.MIT
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d13cc4b26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE.MIT
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/release-tool b/release-tool
index 93e964bc3..492f7c08c 100755
--- a/release-tool
+++ b/release-tool
@@ -317,13 +317,6 @@ checkCodesignCommandExists() {
     fi
 }
 
-checkCreateDMGCommandExists() {
-    command -v create-dmg > /dev/null
-    if [ 0 -ne $? ]; then
-        exitError "create-dmg command not found on the PATH! Please install it using 'npm install --global create-dmg'."
-    fi
-}
-
 checkQt5LUpdateExists() {
     command -v lupdate > /dev/null
     if [ 0 -eq $? ] && ! $(lupdate -version | grep -q "lupdate version 5\."); then
@@ -813,17 +806,16 @@ appsign() {
         fi
 
         checkCodesignCommandExists
-        checkCreateDMGCommandExists
 
         local orig_dir="$(pwd)"
         for f in "${sign_files[@]}"; do
             if [[ ${f: -4} == '.dmg' ]]; then
                 logInfo "Unpacking disk image '${f}'..."
                 local tmp_dir="/tmp/KeePassXC_${RANDOM}"
-                mkdir -p ${tmp_dir}/{mnt,app}
+                mkdir -p ${tmp_dir}/mnt
                 hdiutil attach -quiet -noautoopen -mountpoint ${tmp_dir}/mnt "${f}"
                 cd ${tmp_dir}
-                cp -a ./mnt/KeePassXC.app ./app
+                cp -a ./mnt ./app
                 hdiutil detach -quiet ${tmp_dir}/mnt
 
                 if [ ! -d ./app/KeePassXC.app ]; then
@@ -839,10 +831,17 @@ appsign() {
                     exitError "Signing failed!"
                 fi
 
-                logInfo "Repacking and signing disk image..."
-                create-dmg ./app/KeePassXC.app
+                logInfo "Repacking disk image..."
+                hdiutil create \
+                    -volname "KeePassXC" \
+                    -size $((1000 * ($(du -sk ./app | cut -f1) + 5000))) \
+                    -srcfolder ./app \
+                    -fs HFS+ \
+                    -fsargs "-c c=64,a=16,e=16" \
+                    -format UDBZ \
+                    "${tmp_dir}/$(basename "${f}")"
                 cd "${orig_dir}"
-                cp -f ${tmp_dir}/KeePassXC-*.dmg "${f}"
+                cp -f "${tmp_dir}/$(basename "${f}")" "${f}"
                 rm -Rf ${tmp_dir}
             else
                 logInfo "Skipping non-DMG file '${f}'..."
diff --git a/share/macosx/DS_Store.in b/share/macosx/DS_Store.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f03769c1
Binary files /dev/null and b/share/macosx/DS_Store.in differ
diff --git a/share/macosx/Info.plist.cmake b/share/macosx/Info.plist.cmake
index ea1a9bc2c..b38ca2844 100644
--- a/share/macosx/Info.plist.cmake
+++ b/share/macosx/Info.plist.cmake
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
   <string>${KEEPASSXC_VERSION_NUM}</string>
   <key>NSHumanReadableCopyright</key>
-    <string>Copyright 2016-2017 KeePassXC Development Team</string>
+    <string>Copyright 2016-2018 KeePassXC Development Team</string>
     <key>CFBundleDocumentTypes</key>
     <array>
       <dict>
diff --git a/share/macosx/background.tiff b/share/macosx/background.tiff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99ae807ec
Binary files /dev/null and b/share/macosx/background.tiff differ
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index b007f0f93..6a9638959 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@ if(APPLE AND WITH_APP_BUNDLE)
 
   set(CPACK_GENERATOR "DragNDrop")
   set(CPACK_DMG_FORMAT "UDBZ")
+  set(CPACK_DMG_DS_STORE "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/share/macosx/DS_Store.in")
+  set(CPACK_DMG_BACKGROUND_IMAGE "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/share/macosx/background.tiff")
   set(CPACK_DMG_VOLUME_NAME "${PROGNAME}")
   set(CPACK_SYSTEM_NAME "OSX")
   set(CPACK_STRIP_FILES ON)