diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 76eba5190..6a8c1b761 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -111,9 +111,16 @@ osx_volname:
 	echo $(OSX_VOLNAME) >$@
 
 if BUILD_DARWIN
-$(OSX_DMG): $(OSX_APP_BUILT) $(OSX_PACKAGING)
+$(OSX_DMG): $(OSX_APP_BUILT) $(OSX_PACKAGING) $(OSX_BACKGROUND_IMAGE)
 	$(PYTHON) $(OSX_DEPLOY_SCRIPT) $(OSX_APP) -add-qt-tr $(OSX_QT_TRANSLATIONS) -translations-dir=$(QT_TRANSLATION_DIR) -dmg -fancy $(OSX_FANCY_PLIST) -verbose 2 -volname $(OSX_VOLNAME)
 
+$(OSX_BACKGROUND_IMAGE).png: contrib/macdeploy/$(OSX_BACKGROUND_SVG)
+	sed 's/PACKAGE_NAME/$(PACKAGE_NAME)/' < "$<" | $(RSVG_CONVERT) -f png -d 36 -p 36 -o $@
+$(OSX_BACKGROUND_IMAGE)@2x.png: contrib/macdeploy/$(OSX_BACKGROUND_SVG)
+	sed 's/PACKAGE_NAME/$(PACKAGE_NAME)/' < "$<" | $(RSVG_CONVERT) -f png -d 72 -p 72 -o $@
+$(OSX_BACKGROUND_IMAGE): $(OSX_BACKGROUND_IMAGE).png $(OSX_BACKGROUND_IMAGE)@2x.png
+	tiffutil -cathidpicheck $^ -out $@
+
 deploydir: $(OSX_DMG)
 else
 APP_DIST_DIR=$(top_builddir)/dist
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9d2817db4..73414c633 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ case $host in
          fi
        fi
 
+       AC_PATH_PROGS([RSVG_CONVERT], [rsvg-convert rsvg],rsvg-convert)
        AC_CHECK_PROG([BREW],brew, brew)
        if test x$BREW = xbrew; then
          dnl These Homebrew packages may be keg-only, meaning that they won't be found
diff --git a/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus b/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
index f8201e72c..73d4f159d 100755
--- a/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
+++ b/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ if config.dmg is not None:
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
             sys.exit(e.returncode)
         
-        m = re.search("/Volumes/(.+$)", output)
+        m = re.search("/Volumes/(.+$)", output.decode())
         disk_root = m.group(0)
         disk_name = m.group(1)
         
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ if config.dmg is not None:
             "items_positions" : "\n                   ".join(items_positions)
             }
         if "window_bounds" in fancy:
-            params["window.bounds"] = ",".join([str(p) for p in fancy["window_bounds"]])
+            params["window_bounds"] = ",".join([str(p) for p in fancy["window_bounds"]])
         if "icon_size" in fancy:
             params["icon_size"] = str(fancy["icon_size"])
         if bg_path is not None:
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ if config.dmg is not None:
             print(s)
 
         p = subprocess.Popen(['osascript', '-'], stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
-        p.communicate(input=s)
+        p.communicate(input=s.encode('utf-8'))
         if p.returncode:
             print("Error running osascript.")
 
diff --git a/doc/build-osx.md b/doc/build-osx.md
index 63a7ee28c..5cdb3dab6 100644
--- a/doc/build-osx.md
+++ b/doc/build-osx.md
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ Dependencies
 
     brew install automake berkeley-db4 libtool boost --c++11 miniupnpc openssl pkg-config homebrew/versions/protobuf260 --c++11 qt5 libevent
 
+In case you want to build the disk image with `make deploy` (.dmg / optional), you need RSVG
+
+    brew install librsvg
+
 NOTE: Building with Qt4 is still supported, however, could result in a broken UI. Building with Qt5 is recommended.
 
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