diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f8c9e3423..fa6fb1812 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ if(APPLE)
                             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/FFmpeg
                             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/freeimage/FreeImage/Source
                             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/freetype/include
+                            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/libgit2/include
                             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/pugixml/src
                             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/SDL)
 elseif(WIN32)
@@ -489,6 +490,7 @@ if(APPLE)
                          ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/libswscale.6.dylib
                          ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/libfreeimage.a
                          ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/libfreetype.6.dylib
+                         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/libgit2.1.6.dylib
                          ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/libpugixml.a
                          ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/libSDL2-2.0.0.dylib)
 elseif(WIN32)
diff --git a/es-app/CMakeLists.txt b/es-app/CMakeLists.txt
index c1320fe8b..b8cf81e0c 100644
--- a/es-app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/es-app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ elseif(APPLE)
         PERMISSIONS ${APPLE_DYLIB_PERMISSIONS} DESTINATION ../MacOS)
     install(FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/libfreetype.6.dylib
         PERMISSIONS ${APPLE_DYLIB_PERMISSIONS} DESTINATION ../MacOS)
+    install(FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/libgit2.1.6.dylib
+        PERMISSIONS ${APPLE_DYLIB_PERMISSIONS} DESTINATION ../MacOS)
     install(FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/libSDL2-2.0.0.dylib
         PERMISSIONS ${APPLE_DYLIB_PERMISSIONS} DESTINATION ../MacOS)
 
diff --git a/tools/macOS_dependencies_build.sh b/tools/macOS_dependencies_build.sh
index a59d1ce57..2e6ad1172 100755
--- a/tools/macOS_dependencies_build.sh
+++ b/tools/macOS_dependencies_build.sh
@@ -80,6 +80,21 @@ make -j${JOBS}
 cp libfreeimage.a ../../..
 cd ../..
 
+echo "\nBuilding libgit2"
+
+if [ ! -d libgit2/build ]; then
+  echo "libgit2 directory is missing, aborting."
+  exit
+fi
+
+cd libgit2/build
+rm -f CMakeCache.txt
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF ..
+make clean
+make -j${JOBS}
+cp libgit2.1.6.3.dylib ../../../libgit2.1.6.dylib
+cd ../..
+
 echo "\nBuilding pugixml"
 
 if [ ! -d pugixml ]; then
diff --git a/tools/macOS_dependencies_setup.sh b/tools/macOS_dependencies_setup.sh
index ab342772f..c2a7377c4 100755
--- a/tools/macOS_dependencies_setup.sh
+++ b/tools/macOS_dependencies_setup.sh
@@ -164,6 +164,20 @@ EOF
 fi
 cd ../..
 
+echo "\nSetting up libgit2"
+rm -rf libgit2
+git clone https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2.git
+
+if [ ! -d libgit2 ]; then
+  echo "libgit2 directory is missing, aborting."
+  exit
+fi
+
+cd libgit2
+git checkout v1.6.3
+mkdir build
+cd ..
+
 echo "\nSetting up pugixml"
 rm -rf pugixml
 git clone https://github.com/zeux/pugixml.git