diff --git a/qt/aqt/__init__.py b/qt/aqt/__init__.py
index 93192d574..fdadd0ec9 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/__init__.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/__init__.py
@@ -222,7 +222,15 @@ def setupLangAndBackend(
 
     # load qt translations
     _qtrans = QTranslator()
-    qt_dir = QLibraryInfo.location(QLibraryInfo.TranslationsPath)
+
+    from aqt.utils import aqt_data_folder
+
+    if isMac and getattr(sys, "frozen", False):
+        qt_dir = os.path.abspath(
+            os.path.join(aqt_data_folder(), "..", "qt_translations")
+        )
+    else:
+        qt_dir = QLibraryInfo.location(QLibraryInfo.TranslationsPath)
     qt_lang = lang.replace("-", "_")
     if _qtrans.load("qtbase_" + qt_lang, qt_dir):
         app.installTranslator(_qtrans)
diff --git a/qt/aqt/utils.py b/qt/aqt/utils.py
index fd7dc6f47..46a6c5e64 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/utils.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/utils.py
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ def aqt_data_folder() -> str:
     if os.path.exists(dir):
         return dir
     # packaged install?
-    dir2 = os.path.join(sys.prefix, "aqt_data")
+    if isMac:
+        dir2 = os.path.join(sys.prefix, "..", "Resources", "aqt_data")
+    else:
+        dir2 = os.path.join(sys.prefix, "aqt_data")
     if os.path.exists(dir2):
         return dir2