diff --git a/deps/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
index eca86a7c5..e2c525480 100644
--- a/deps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,16 +20,18 @@ project(Slic3r-deps)
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2)
 
 include(ExternalProject)
-
 include(ProcessorCount)
+
 ProcessorCount(NPROC)
 if (NPROC EQUAL 0)
     set(NPROC 1)
 endif ()
 
 set(DESTDIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/destdir" CACHE PATH "Destination directory")
-option(DEP_DEBUG "Build debug variants (currently only works on Windows)" ON)
+option(DEP_DEBUG "Build debug variants (only applicable on Windows)" ON)
 
+message(STATUS "Slic3r deps DESTDIR: ${DESTDIR}")
+message(STATUS "Slic3r deps debug build: ${DEP_DEBUG}")
 
 if (MSVC)
     if ("${CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P}" STREQUAL "8")
@@ -43,8 +45,16 @@ if (MSVC)
     else ()
         message(FATAL_ERROR "Unable to detect architecture")
     endif ()
+elseif (APPLE)
+    set(DEPS_OSX_TARGET "10.9" CACHE STRING "OS X SDK version to build against")
+    set(DEPS_OSX_SYSROOT
+        "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX${DEPS_OSX_TARGET}.sdk"
+        CACHE PATH "OS X SDK directory"
+    )
+
+    include("deps-macos.cmake")
 else ()
-    include("deps-unix-static.cmake")
+    include("deps-linux.cmake")
 endif()
 
 add_custom_target(deps ALL
diff --git a/deps/deps-unix-static.cmake b/deps/deps-linux.cmake
similarity index 60%
rename from deps/deps-unix-static.cmake
rename to deps/deps-linux.cmake
index cbba0f14d..3f504b400 100644
--- a/deps/deps-unix-static.cmake
+++ b/deps/deps-linux.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 
+set(DEP_CMAKE_OPTS "-DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON")
+
+include("deps-unix-common.cmake")
+
+
 ExternalProject_Add(dep_boost
     EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL 1
     URL "https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.66.0/source/boost_1_66_0.tar.gz"
@@ -9,74 +14,17 @@ ExternalProject_Add(dep_boost
         "--prefix=${DESTDIR}/usr/local"
     BUILD_COMMAND ./b2
         -j ${NPROC}
+        --reconfigure
         link=static
         variant=release
         threading=multi
         boost.locale.icu=off
-        cxxflags=-fPIC cflags=-fPIC
+        cflags=-fPIC
+        cxxflags=-fPIC
         install
     INSTALL_COMMAND ""   # b2 does that already
 )
 
-ExternalProject_Add(dep_tbb
-    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL 1
-    URL "https://github.com/wjakob/tbb/archive/a0dc9bf76d0120f917b641ed095360448cabc85b.tar.gz"
-    URL_HASH SHA256=0545cb6033bd1873fcae3ea304def720a380a88292726943ae3b9b207f322efe
-    CMAKE_ARGS -DTBB_BUILD_SHARED=OFF
-        -DTBB_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
-        -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
-    INSTALL_COMMAND make install "DESTDIR=${DESTDIR}"
-)
-
-ExternalProject_Add(dep_gtest
-    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL 1
-    URL "https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.8.1.tar.gz"
-    URL_HASH SHA256=9bf1fe5182a604b4135edc1a425ae356c9ad15e9b23f9f12a02e80184c3a249c
-    CMAKE_ARGS -DBUILD_GMOCK=OFF
-        -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
-    INSTALL_COMMAND make install "DESTDIR=${DESTDIR}"
-)
-
-ExternalProject_Add(dep_nlopt
-    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL 1
-    URL "https://github.com/stevengj/nlopt/archive/v2.5.0.tar.gz"
-    URL_HASH SHA256=c6dd7a5701fff8ad5ebb45a3dc8e757e61d52658de3918e38bab233e7fd3b4ae
-    CMAKE_GENERATOR "${DEP_MSVC_GEN}"
-    CMAKE_ARGS
-        -DNLOPT_PYTHON=OFF
-        -DNLOPT_OCTAVE=OFF
-        -DNLOPT_MATLAB=OFF
-        -DNLOPT_GUILE=OFF
-        -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
-    INSTALL_COMMAND make install "DESTDIR=${DESTDIR}"
-    INSTALL_COMMAND ""
-)
-
-ExternalProject_Add(dep_zlib
-    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL 1
-    URL "https://zlib.net/zlib-1.2.11.tar.xz"
-    URL_HASH SHA256=4ff941449631ace0d4d203e3483be9dbc9da454084111f97ea0a2114e19bf066
-    CMAKE_GENERATOR "${DEP_MSVC_GEN}"
-    CMAKE_ARGS
-        -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
-    INSTALL_COMMAND make install "DESTDIR=${DESTDIR}"
-    INSTALL_COMMAND ""
-)
-
-ExternalProject_Add(dep_libpng
-    DEPENDS dep_zlib
-    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL 1
-    URL "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/libpng/libpng-1.6.35.tar.xz?download"
-    URL_HASH SHA256=23912ec8c9584917ed9b09c5023465d71709dce089be503c7867fec68a93bcd7
-    CMAKE_GENERATOR "${DEP_MSVC_GEN}"
-    CMAKE_ARGS
-        -DPNG_SHARED=OFF
-        -DPNG_TESTS=OFF
-        -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
-    INSTALL_COMMAND make install "DESTDIR=${DESTDIR}"
-    INSTALL_COMMAND ""
-)
-
 ExternalProject_Add(dep_libopenssl
     EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL 1
     URL "https://github.com/openssl/openssl/archive/OpenSSL_1_1_0g.tar.gz"
@@ -94,7 +42,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(dep_libopenssl
 
 ExternalProject_Add(dep_libcurl
     EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL 1
-    DEPENDS dep_libopenssl
+   DEPENDS dep_libopenssl
     URL "https://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-7.58.0.tar.gz"
     URL_HASH SHA256=cc245bf9a1a42a45df491501d97d5593392a03f7b4f07b952793518d97666115
     BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
@@ -145,10 +93,11 @@ ExternalProject_Add(dep_wxwidgets
     URL "https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/download/v3.1.1/wxWidgets-3.1.1.tar.bz2"
     URL_HASH SHA256=c925dfe17e8f8b09eb7ea9bfdcfcc13696a3e14e92750effd839f5e10726159e
     BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
+    PATCH_COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E copy "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/wxwidgets-pngprefix.h" src/png/pngprefix.h
     CONFIGURE_COMMAND ./configure
         "--prefix=${DESTDIR}/usr/local"
         --disable-shared
-        --with-gtk=2
+       --with-gtk=2
         --with-opengl
         --enable-unicode
         --enable-graphics_ctx
@@ -162,6 +111,8 @@ ExternalProject_Add(dep_wxwidgets
         --disable-precomp-headers
         --enable-debug_info
         --enable-debug_gdb
+        --disable-debug
+        --disable-debug_flag
     BUILD_COMMAND make "-j${NPROC}" && make -C locale allmo
     INSTALL_COMMAND make install
 )
diff --git a/deps/deps-macos.cmake b/deps/deps-macos.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10c15dace
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/deps-macos.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+
+set(DEP_CMAKE_OPTS
+    "-DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON"
+    "-DCMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT=${DEPS_OSX_SYSROOT}"
+    "-DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=${DEPS_OSX_TARGET}"
+)
+
+include("deps-unix-common.cmake")
+
+
+ExternalProject_Add(dep_boost
+    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL 1
+    URL "https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.66.0/source/boost_1_66_0.tar.gz"
+    URL_HASH SHA256=bd0df411efd9a585e5a2212275f8762079fed8842264954675a4fddc46cfcf60
+    BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
+    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ./bootstrap.sh
+        --with-libraries=system,filesystem,thread,log,locale,regex
+        "--prefix=${DESTDIR}/usr/local"
+    BUILD_COMMAND ./b2
+        -j ${NPROC}
+        --reconfigure
+        link=static
+        variant=release
+        threading=multi
+        boost.locale.icu=off
+        "cflags=cflags=-fPIC -mmacosx-version-min=${DEPS_OSX_TARGET}"
+        "cxxflags=cxxflags=-fPIC -mmacosx-version-min=${DEPS_OSX_TARGET}"
+        install
+    INSTALL_COMMAND ""   # b2 does that already
+)
+
+ExternalProject_Add(dep_libcurl
+    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL 1
+    URL "https://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-7.58.0.tar.gz"
+    URL_HASH SHA256=cc245bf9a1a42a45df491501d97d5593392a03f7b4f07b952793518d97666115
+    BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
+    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ./configure
+        --enable-static
+        --disable-shared
+        "--with-ssl=${DESTDIR}/usr/local"
+        --with-pic
+        --enable-ipv6
+        --enable-versioned-symbols
+        --enable-threaded-resolver
+        --with-darwinssl
+        --without-ssl     # disables OpenSSL
+        --disable-ldap
+        --disable-ldaps
+        --disable-manual
+        --disable-rtsp
+        --disable-dict
+        --disable-telnet
+        --disable-pop3
+        --disable-imap
+        --disable-smb
+        --disable-smtp
+        --disable-gopher
+        --disable-crypto-auth
+        --without-gssapi
+        --without-libpsl
+        --without-libidn2
+        --without-gnutls
+        --without-polarssl
+        --without-mbedtls
+        --without-cyassl
+        --without-nss
+        --without-axtls
+        --without-brotli
+        --without-libmetalink
+        --without-libssh
+        --without-libssh2
+        --without-librtmp
+        --without-nghttp2
+        --without-zsh-functions-dir
+    BUILD_COMMAND make "-j${NPROC}"
+    INSTALL_COMMAND make install "DESTDIR=${DESTDIR}"
+)
+
+ExternalProject_Add(dep_wxwidgets
+    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL 1
+    URL "https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/download/v3.1.1/wxWidgets-3.1.1.tar.bz2"
+    URL_HASH SHA256=c925dfe17e8f8b09eb7ea9bfdcfcc13696a3e14e92750effd839f5e10726159e
+    BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
+    PATCH_COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E copy "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/wxwidgets-pngprefix.h" src/png/pngprefix.h
+    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ./configure
+        "--prefix=${DESTDIR}/usr/local"
+        --disable-shared
+        --with-osx_cocoa
+    	"--with-macosx-version-min=${DEPS_OSX_TARGET}"
+        "--with-macosx-sdk=${DEPS_OSX_SYSROOT}"
+        --with-opengl
+        --with-regex=builtin
+        --with-libpng=builtin
+        --with-libxpm=builtin
+        --with-libjpeg=builtin
+        --with-libtiff=builtin
+        --with-zlib=builtin
+        --with-expat=builtin
+        --disable-debug
+        --disable-debug_flag
+    BUILD_COMMAND make "-j${NPROC}" && make -C locale allmo
+    INSTALL_COMMAND make install
+)
diff --git a/deps/deps-unix-common.cmake b/deps/deps-unix-common.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ad1b4290
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/deps-unix-common.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+
+# The unix common part expects DEP_CMAKE_OPTS to be set
+
+ExternalProject_Add(dep_tbb
+    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL 1
+    URL "https://github.com/wjakob/tbb/archive/a0dc9bf76d0120f917b641ed095360448cabc85b.tar.gz"
+    URL_HASH SHA256=0545cb6033bd1873fcae3ea304def720a380a88292726943ae3b9b207f322efe
+    CMAKE_ARGS
+        -DTBB_BUILD_SHARED=OFF
+        -DTBB_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
+        ${DEP_CMAKE_OPTS}
+    INSTALL_COMMAND make install "DESTDIR=${DESTDIR}"
+)
+
+ExternalProject_Add(dep_gtest
+    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL 1
+    URL "https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.8.1.tar.gz"
+    URL_HASH SHA256=9bf1fe5182a604b4135edc1a425ae356c9ad15e9b23f9f12a02e80184c3a249c
+    CMAKE_ARGS -DBUILD_GMOCK=OFF ${DEP_CMAKE_OPTS}
+    INSTALL_COMMAND make install "DESTDIR=${DESTDIR}"
+)
+
+ExternalProject_Add(dep_nlopt
+    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL 1
+    URL "https://github.com/stevengj/nlopt/archive/v2.5.0.tar.gz"
+    URL_HASH SHA256=c6dd7a5701fff8ad5ebb45a3dc8e757e61d52658de3918e38bab233e7fd3b4ae
+    CMAKE_GENERATOR "${DEP_MSVC_GEN}"
+    CMAKE_ARGS
+        -DNLOPT_PYTHON=OFF
+        -DNLOPT_OCTAVE=OFF
+        -DNLOPT_MATLAB=OFF
+        -DNLOPT_GUILE=OFF
+        ${DEP_CMAKE_OPTS}
+    INSTALL_COMMAND make install "DESTDIR=${DESTDIR}"
+    INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+)
+
+ExternalProject_Add(dep_zlib
+    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL 1
+    URL "https://zlib.net/zlib-1.2.11.tar.xz"
+    URL_HASH SHA256=4ff941449631ace0d4d203e3483be9dbc9da454084111f97ea0a2114e19bf066
+    CMAKE_GENERATOR "${DEP_MSVC_GEN}"
+    CMAKE_ARGS ${DEP_CMAKE_OPTS}
+    INSTALL_COMMAND make install "DESTDIR=${DESTDIR}"
+    INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+)
+
+ExternalProject_Add(dep_libpng
+    DEPENDS dep_zlib
+    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL 1
+    URL "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/libpng/libpng-1.6.35.tar.xz?download"
+    URL_HASH SHA256=23912ec8c9584917ed9b09c5023465d71709dce089be503c7867fec68a93bcd7
+    CMAKE_GENERATOR "${DEP_MSVC_GEN}"
+    CMAKE_ARGS
+        -DPNG_SHARED=OFF
+        -DPNG_TESTS=OFF
+        ${DEP_CMAKE_OPTS}
+    INSTALL_COMMAND make install "DESTDIR=${DESTDIR}"
+    INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+)
diff --git a/deps/deps-windows.cmake b/deps/deps-windows.cmake
index f366fe73e..d49434ecb 100644
--- a/deps/deps-windows.cmake
+++ b/deps/deps-windows.cmake
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ ExternalProject_Add(dep_gtest
     URL "https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.8.1.tar.gz"
     URL_HASH SHA256=9bf1fe5182a604b4135edc1a425ae356c9ad15e9b23f9f12a02e80184c3a249c
     CMAKE_GENERATOR "${DEP_MSVC_GEN}"
-    CMAKE_ARGS -DBUILD_GMOCK=OFF
+    CMAKE_ARGS
+        -DBUILD_GMOCK=OFF
         -Dgtest_force_shared_crt=ON
         -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
         "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${DESTDIR}\\usr\\local"
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index b60319611..d714eb91a 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -163,6 +163,13 @@ if (MSVC)
             VERBATIM
         )
     endif ()
+elseif (XCODE)
+    # Because of Debug/Release/etc. configurations (similar to MSVC) the slic3r binary is located in an extra level
+    add_custom_command(TARGET slic3r POST_BUILD
+        COMMAND ln -sf "${SLIC3R_RESOURCES_DIR}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/resources"
+        COMMENT "Symlinking the resources directory into the build tree"
+        VERBATIM
+    )
 else ()
     add_custom_command(TARGET slic3r POST_BUILD
         COMMAND ln -sf "${SLIC3R_RESOURCES_DIR}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../resources"