diff --git a/resources/systems/macos/es_find_rules.xml b/resources/systems/macos/es_find_rules.xml
index 8d967f405..e380cd234 100644
--- a/resources/systems/macos/es_find_rules.xml
+++ b/resources/systems/macos/es_find_rules.xml
@@ -370,6 +370,12 @@
             <entry>/usr/local/bin/xvic</entry>
         </rule>
     </emulator>
+    <emulator name="VISUAL-PINBALL">
+        <!-- Pinball simulator Visual Pinball -->
+        <rule type="staticpath">
+            <entry>/Applications/VPinballX_GL.app/Contents/MacOS/VPinballX_GL</entry>
+        </rule>
+    </emulator>
     <emulator name="XEMU">
         <!-- Microsoft Xbox emulator xemu -->
         <rule type="staticpath">
diff --git a/resources/systems/macos/es_systems.xml b/resources/systems/macos/es_systems.xml
index 8c23370da..142266e64 100644
--- a/resources/systems/macos/es_systems.xml
+++ b/resources/systems/macos/es_systems.xml
@@ -1962,7 +1962,7 @@
         <fullname>Visual Pinball</fullname>
         <path>%ROMPATH%/vpinball</path>
         <extension>.vpt .VPT .vpx .VPX</extension>
-        <command label="Visual Pinball (Standalone)">PLACEHOLDER %ROM%</command>
+        <command label="Visual Pinball (Standalone)">%EMULATOR_VISUAL-PINBALL% -play %ROM%</command>
         <platform>vpinball</platform>
         <theme>vpinball</theme>
     </system>