diff --git a/share/set_icon.sh b/share/set_icon.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0581d67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/set_icon.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/8375093
+# TODO: Rez, DeRez and SetFile are deprecated, but I have not yet found replacement tools
+# Sets an icon on file or directory
+# Usage setIcon.sh iconimage.jpg /path/to/[file|folder]
+iconSource=$1
+iconDestination=$2
+icon=/tmp/`basename $iconSource`
+rsrc=/tmp/juci.rsrc
+
+# Create icon from the iconSource
+cp $iconSource $icon
+
+# Add icon to image file, meaning use itself as the icon
+sips -i $icon > /dev/null
+
+# Take that icon and put it into a rsrc file
+DeRez -only icns $icon > $rsrc
+
+# Apply the rsrc file to
+SetFile -a C $iconDestination
+
+# Append resource to the file you want to icon-ize.
+Rez -append $rsrc -o $iconDestination
+
+rm $rsrc $icon
diff --git a/share/set_icon_macos.py b/share/set_icon_macos.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a55a5e..0000000
--- a/share/set_icon_macos.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-import Cocoa
-import sys
-
-Cocoa.NSWorkspace.sharedWorkspace().setIcon_forFile_options_(Cocoa.NSImage.alloc().initWithContentsOfFile_(sys.argv[1].decode('utf-8')), sys.argv[2].decode('utf-8'), 0) or sys.exit("Unable to set file icon")
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 1612307..c567d1b 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES Linux|.*BSD|DragonFly)
   install(FILES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/share/juci.svg"
           DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps")
 elseif(APPLE)
-  install(CODE "execute_process(COMMAND /usr/bin/python ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/share/set_icon_macos.py ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/share/juci.png ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/juci)")
+  install(CODE "execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/share/set_icon.sh ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/share/juci.png ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/juci)")
 endif()
 
 # add a target to generate API documentation with Doxygen