diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 94721f213..124f12f5a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,8 +74,17 @@ include(${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}/get_version.cmake) # Determine project version
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs) # Define GNU standard installation directories
 
-# Define install directory /usr/share
-set(CMAKE_INSTALL_SHAREDIR /usr/share/)
+# Define install directory /usr/local/share [not /usr/share on MacOS]
+cmake_host_system_information(RESULT OS_NAME QUERY OS_NAME)
+message(STATUS "Checking for OS_NAME: ${OS_NAME}")
+
+if (OS_NAME STREQUAL "macOS")
+	message(STATUS "set(CMAKE_INSTALL_SHAREDIR /usr/local/share)")
+	set(CMAKE_INSTALL_SHAREDIR /usr/local/share/)
+else ()
+	message(STATUS "set(CMAKE_INSTALL_SHAREDIR /usr/share)")
+        set(CMAKE_INSTALL_SHAREDIR /usr/share/)
+endif ()
 
 ## Set C build flags
 if (NOT MSVC)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b889de389..571db49fd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ We recommend to install `stlink-tools` from the package repository of the used d
 
 - RedHat/CentOS 8: Users can install from [EPEL repository](https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/stlink/branch/epel8)
 - FreeBSD: Users can install from [freshports](https://www.freshports.org/devel/stlink)
+- MacOS: Users can open a terminal window and then follow the same procedure as for installing on Linux
 
 ## Installation from source (advanced users)
 
@@ -103,4 +104,4 @@ Please also refer to our [Contribution Guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 *I hope it's not to out of topic, but I've been so frustrated with AVR related things on OpenBSD, the fact that stlink built out of the box without needing to touch anything was so relieving. Literally made my whole weekend better!
 I take it's thanks to @Crest and also to the stlink-org team (@Nightwalker-87 and @xor-gate it seems) to have made a software that's not unfriendly to the "fringe" OSes.
-Thank you <3"* - nbonfils, 11.12.2021
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+Thank you <3"* - nbonfils, 11.12.2021