diff --git a/contrib/macdeploy/detached-sig-create.sh b/contrib/macdeploy/detached-sig-create.sh
index 31a97f0a2..4f246cbb3 100755
--- a/contrib/macdeploy/detached-sig-create.sh
+++ b/contrib/macdeploy/detached-sig-create.sh
@@ -8,44 +8,21 @@ set -e
 
 ROOTDIR=dist
 BUNDLE="${ROOTDIR}/Bitcoin-Qt.app"
-CODESIGN=codesign
+SIGNAPPLE=signapple
 TEMPDIR=sign.temp
-TEMPLIST=${TEMPDIR}/signatures.txt
 OUT=signature-osx.tar.gz
-OUTROOT=osx
+OUTROOT=osx/dist
 
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then
-  echo "usage: $0 <codesign args>"
-  echo "example: $0 -s MyIdentity"
+  echo "usage: $0 <signapple args>"
+  echo "example: $0 <path to key>"
   exit 1
 fi
 
-rm -rf ${TEMPDIR} ${TEMPLIST}
+rm -rf ${TEMPDIR}
 mkdir -p ${TEMPDIR}
 
-${CODESIGN} -f --file-list ${TEMPLIST} "$@" "${BUNDLE}"
-
-grep -v CodeResources < "${TEMPLIST}" | while read i; do
-  TARGETFILE="${BUNDLE}/$(echo "${i}" | sed "s|.*${BUNDLE}/||")"
-  SIZE=$(pagestuff "$i" -p | tail -2 | grep size | sed 's/[^0-9]*//g')
-  OFFSET=$(pagestuff "$i" -p | tail -2 | grep offset | sed 's/[^0-9]*//g')
-  SIGNFILE="${TEMPDIR}/${OUTROOT}/${TARGETFILE}.sign"
-  DIRNAME="$(dirname "${SIGNFILE}")"
-  mkdir -p "${DIRNAME}"
-  echo "Adding detached signature for: ${TARGETFILE}. Size: ${SIZE}. Offset: ${OFFSET}"
-  dd if="$i" of="${SIGNFILE}" bs=1 skip=${OFFSET} count=${SIZE} 2>/dev/null
-done
-
-grep CodeResources < "${TEMPLIST}" | while read i; do
-  TARGETFILE="${BUNDLE}/$(echo "${i}" | sed "s|.*${BUNDLE}/||")"
-  RESOURCE="${TEMPDIR}/${OUTROOT}/${TARGETFILE}"
-  DIRNAME="$(dirname "${RESOURCE}")"
-  mkdir -p "${DIRNAME}"
-  echo "Adding resource for: \"${TARGETFILE}\""
-  cp "${i}" "${RESOURCE}"
-done
-
-rm ${TEMPLIST}
+${SIGNAPPLE} sign -f --detach "${TEMPDIR}/${OUTROOT}"  "$@" "${BUNDLE}"
 
 tar -C "${TEMPDIR}" -czf "${OUT}" .
 rm -rf "${TEMPDIR}"