diff --git a/release.macx.sh b/release.macx.sh
index f285973c..1ea9576d 100755
--- a/release.macx.sh
+++ b/release.macx.sh
@@ -80,6 +80,22 @@ done
 
 }
 
+
+function addImporter {
+    importerDir="`pwd`/../OpenSankoreToOpenBoard"
+    importerName="OpenBoardImporter"
+
+    if [ ! -e ${importerDir} ]; then
+        abort "${importerDir} not found"
+    fi
+
+    cd ${importerDir}
+    $QMAKE ${importerName}.pro
+    make -j4
+    $MACDEPLOYQT ${importerName}.app 
+    cd -
+}
+
 trap "defaults write org.oe-f.OpenBoard.release Running -bool NO" EXIT
 
 notify "Running OpenBoard release script (`date`)"
@@ -101,6 +117,8 @@ checkExecutable "$PLISTBUDDY"
 checkExecutable "$ICEBERG"
 checkExecutable "$LRELEASE"
 
+addImporter
+
 # delete the build directory
 notify "Cleaning ..."
 rm -rf "$BUILD_DIR"
@@ -125,6 +143,7 @@ $LRELEASE $BASE_QT_TRANSLATIONS_DIRECTORY/translations.pro
 addQtTranslations
 
 cp -R resources/customizations $PRODUCT_DIR/$APPLICATION_NAME.app/Contents/Resources
+cp -R $importerDir/$importerName.app $PRODUCT_DIR/$APPLICATION_NAME.app/Contents/Resources
 
 VERSION=`cat "$BUILD_DIR/version"`
 if [ ! -f "$BUILD_DIR/version" ]; then
diff --git a/src/core/UBOpenSankoreImporter.cpp b/src/core/UBOpenSankoreImporter.cpp
index 6d141c0a..669216f1 100644
--- a/src/core/UBOpenSankoreImporter.cpp
+++ b/src/core/UBOpenSankoreImporter.cpp
@@ -33,12 +33,19 @@ UBOpenSankoreImporter::UBOpenSankoreImporter(QObject *parent) :
     QObject(parent)
 {
     if(UBSettings::settings()->appLookForOpenSankoreInstall->get().toBool() &&
-            QDir(UBSettings::userDataDirectory().replace(qApp->applicationName(),"Sankore")).exists())
+            QDir(UBSettings::userDataDirectory().replace(qApp->applicationName(),"Sankore")).exists()){
         if(UBApplication::mainWindow->yesNoQuestion(tr("Open-Sankoré data detected"),tr("Open-Sankoré directory is present on the disk. It's possible to import the Open-Sankoré documents into OpenBoard as the preferences. Pushing Ok will close OpenBoard and run the importer application."))){
             QProcess newProcess;
+#ifdef Q_WS_X11
             newProcess.startDetached(qApp->applicationDirPath()+"/Importer/OpenBoardImporter");
+#elif defined Q_WS_MACX
+            newProcess.startDetached(qApp->applicationDirPath()+"/../Resources/OpenBoardImporter.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenBoardImporter");
+#else
+            newProcess.startDetached(qApp->applicationDirPath()+"/Importer/OpenBoardImporter.exe");
+#endif
             qApp->exit(0);
         }
+    }
 }