diff --git a/source/blenderplayer/CMakeLists.txt b/source/blenderplayer/CMakeLists.txt
index 3ab1b4a3cdd..82847cb8079 100644
--- a/source/blenderplayer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/blenderplayer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -63,8 +63,18 @@ if(WIN32 AND NOT UNIX)
 	endif()
 
 	add_executable(blenderplayer ${EXETYPE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/dna.c ../icons/winblender.rc)
+
 elseif(APPLE)
-	add_executable(blenderplayer MACOSX_BUNDLE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/dna.c)
+	add_executable(blenderplayer ${EXETYPE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/dna.c)
+	# setup Info.plist
+	execute_process(COMMAND date "+%Y-%m-%d" OUTPUT_VARIABLE BLENDER_DATE OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+	set(PLAYER_SOURCEDIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/source/darwin/blenderplayer.app)
+	set(PLAYER_SOURCEINFO ${PLAYER_SOURCEDIR}/Contents/Info.plist)
+	set_target_properties(blenderplayer PROPERTIES
+		MACOSX_BUNDLE_INFO_PLIST ${PLAYER_SOURCEINFO}
+		MACOSX_BUNDLE_SHORT_VERSION_STRING ${BLENDER_VERSION}
+		MACOSX_BUNDLE_LONG_VERSION_STRING "${BLENDER_VERSION} ${BLENDER_DATE}")
+
 else()
 	add_executable(blenderplayer ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/dna.c)
 endif()
diff --git a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt b/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
index 0bd2763c7d2..a2cd7c23c06 100644
--- a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -713,40 +713,66 @@ elseif(APPLE)
 	# install blenderplayer bundle - copy of blender.app above. re-using macros et al
 	# note we are using OSX Bundle as base and copying Blender dummy bundle on top of it
 	if(WITH_GAMEENGINE AND WITH_PLAYER)
-		set(SOURCEDIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/source/darwin/blenderplayer.app)
-		set(SOURCEINFO ${SOURCEDIR}/Contents/Info.plist)
-		set(TARGETDIR_VER ${TARGETDIR}/blenderplayer.app/Contents/MacOS/${BLENDER_VERSION})
+		set(PLAYER_SOURCEDIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/source/darwin/blenderplayer.app)
+		set(PLAYER_SOURCEINFO ${PLAYER_SOURCEDIR}/Contents/Info.plist)
+		set(PLAYER_TARGETDIR_VER ${TARGETDIR}/blenderplayer.app/Contents/MacOS/${BLENDER_VERSION})
 
-		# setup Info.plist
-		execute_process(COMMAND date "+%Y-%m-%d" OUTPUT_VARIABLE BLENDER_DATE OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 
-		set_target_properties(blender PROPERTIES
-			MACOSX_BUNDLE_INFO_PLIST ${SOURCEINFO}
-			MACOSX_BUNDLE_SHORT_VERSION_STRING ${BLENDER_VERSION}
-			MACOSX_BUNDLE_LONG_VERSION_STRING "${BLENDER_VERSION} ${BLENDER_DATE}")
-
-		# important to make a clean install each time else old scripts get loaded.
+		# important to make a clean  install each time else old scripts get loaded.
 		install(
 			CODE
-			"file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${TARGETDIR_VER})"
-		)
-	
-		# message after building.
-		add_custom_command(
-			TARGET blender POST_BUILD MAIN_DEPENDENCY blender
-			COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo 'now run: \"make install\" to copy runtime files & scripts to ${TARGETDIR_VER}'
+			"file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${PLAYER_TARGETDIR_VER})"
 		)
 	
+
+		# handy install macro to exclude files, we use \$ escape for the "to"
+		# argument when calling so ${BUILD_TYPE} does not get expanded
+		macro(install_dir from to)
+			install(
+				DIRECTORY ${from}
+				DESTINATION ${to}
+				PATTERN ".svn" EXCLUDE
+				PATTERN "*.pyc" EXCLUDE
+				PATTERN "*.pyo" EXCLUDE
+				PATTERN "*.orig" EXCLUDE
+				PATTERN "*.rej" EXCLUDE
+				PATTERN "__pycache__" EXCLUDE
+				PATTERN "__MACOSX" EXCLUDE
+				PATTERN ".DS_Store" EXCLUDE
+			)
+		endmacro()
+
 		install(
-			FILES ${SOURCEDIR}/Contents/PkgInfo
+			FILES ${PLAYER_SOURCEDIR}/Contents/PkgInfo
 			DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR}/blenderplayer.app/Contents
 		)
-
+	
 		install_dir(
-			${SOURCEDIR}/Contents/Resources
+			${PLAYER_SOURCEDIR}/Contents/Resources
 			\${TARGETDIR}/blenderplayer.app/Contents/
 		)
 
+		install(
+			FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/bin/.blender/.bfont.ttf
+			DESTINATION ${PLAYER_TARGETDIR_VER}
+		)
+
+		# localization
+		if(WITH_INTERNATIONAL)
+		install(
+				FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/bin/.blender/.Blanguages
+				DESTINATION ${PLAYER_TARGETDIR_VER}/datafiles
+			)
+
+			install(
+			DIRECTORY
+					${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/bin/.blender/fonts
+					${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/bin/.blender/locale
+				DESTINATION ${PLAYER_TARGETDIR_VER}/datafiles
+				PATTERN ".svn" EXCLUDE
+			)
+		endif()
+
 		# python
 		if(WITH_PYTHON)
 			add_custom_command(
@@ -759,10 +785,10 @@ elseif(APPLE)
 			# copy extracted python files
 			install_dir(
 				${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/python
-				\${TARGETDIR_VER}
+				\${PLAYER_TARGETDIR_VER}
 			)
 		endif()
-	
+
 	endif()
 endif()