diff --git a/contrib/pkginstaller/scripts/postinstall b/contrib/pkginstaller/scripts/postinstall
index d60e6fd984..c34a733be5 100755
--- a/contrib/pkginstaller/scripts/postinstall
+++ b/contrib/pkginstaller/scripts/postinstall
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ echo "/opt/podman/bin" > /etc/paths.d/podman-pkg
 ln -s /opt/podman/bin/podman-mac-helper /opt/podman/qemu/bin/podman-mac-helper
 ln -s /opt/podman/bin/gvproxy /opt/podman/qemu/bin/gvproxy
 
-/opt/podman/bin/podman-mac-helper install
+# make sure to ignore errors, this is not a hard requirement to use podman
+/opt/podman/bin/podman-mac-helper install || :