diff --git a/desktop/README.md b/desktop/README.md
index c8c51519..408b6852 100644
--- a/desktop/README.md
+++ b/desktop/README.md
@@ -63,6 +63,16 @@ Download Tor Browser and extract the binaries:
 python scripts\get-tor-windows.py
 ```
 
+### Compile dependencies
+
+Install Go. The simplest way to make sure everything works is to install Go by following [these instructions](https://golang.org/doc/install).
+
+Download and compile `meek-client`:
+
+```
+./scripts/build-meek-client.py
+```
+
 ### Prepare the virtual environment
 
 OnionShare uses [Briefcase](https://briefcase.readthedocs.io/en/latest/).
diff --git a/desktop/scripts/build-meek-client.py b/desktop/scripts/build-meek-client.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d043754c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/scripts/build-meek-client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+OnionShare | https://onionshare.org/
+
+Copyright (C) 2014-2021 Micah Lee, et al. <micah@micahflee.com>
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+
+"""
+This script downloads a pre-built tor binary to bundle with OnionShare.
+In order to avoid a Mac gnupg dependency, I manually verify the signature
+and hard-code the sha256 hash.
+"""
+import shutil
+import os
+import subprocess
+import inspect
+
+
+def main():
+    if shutil.which("go") is None:
+        print("Install go: https://golang.org/doc/install")
+        return
+
+    subprocess.run(
+        [
+            "go",
+            "install",
+            "git.torproject.org/pluggable-transports/meek.git/meek-client@v0.37.0",
+        ]
+    )
+
+    root_path = os.path.dirname(
+        os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe())))
+    )
+    dist_path = os.path.join(root_path, "src", "onionshare", "resources", "tor")
+
+    bin_path = os.path.expanduser("~/go/bin/meek-client")
+    shutil.copyfile(
+        os.path.join(bin_path),
+        os.path.join(dist_path, "meek-client"),
+    )
+    os.chmod(os.path.join(dist_path, "meek-client"), 0o755)
+
+    print(f"Installed meek-client in {dist_path}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()