diff --git a/app/src/sys/unix/file.c b/app/src/sys/unix/file.c
index 9c3f733318..60c806bb27 100644
--- a/app/src/sys/unix/file.c
+++ b/app/src/sys/unix/file.c
@@ -60,11 +60,22 @@ sc_file_get_executable_path(void) {
     }
     buf[len] = '\0';
     return strdup(buf);
+#elif defined(__APPLE__)
+    char buf[PATH_MAX];
+    uint32_t bufsize = PATH_MAX;
+    if (_NSGetExecutablePath(buf, &bufsize) != 0) {
+        LOGE("Executable path buffer too small; need %u bytes", bufsize);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return realpath(buf, NULL);
 #else
-    // in practice, we only need this feature for portable builds, only used on
-    // Windows, so we don't care implementing it for every platform
-    // (it's useful to have a working version on Linux for debugging though)
-    return NULL;
+    // "_" is often used to store the full path of the command being executed
+    char *path = getenv("_");
+    if (!path) {
+        LOGE("Could not determine executable path");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return strdup(path);
 #endif
 }