diff --git a/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus b/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
index eece81dd3..23b57a76b 100755
--- a/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
+++ b/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ ap.add_argument("-sign", dest="sign", action="store_true", default=False, help="
 ap.add_argument("-dmg", nargs="?", const="", metavar="basename", help="create a .dmg disk image; if basename is not specified, a camel-cased version of the app name is used")
 ap.add_argument("-fancy", nargs=1, metavar="plist", default=[], help="make a fancy looking disk image using the given plist file with instructions; requires -dmg to work")
 ap.add_argument("-add-qt-tr", nargs=1, metavar="languages", default=[], help="add Qt translation files to the bundle's ressources; the language list must be separated with commas, not with whitespace")
+ap.add_argument("-translations-dir", nargs=1, metavar="path", default=None, help="Path to Qt's translation files")
 ap.add_argument("-add-resources", nargs="+", metavar="path", default=[], help="list of additional files or folders to be copied into the bundle's resources; must be the last argument")
 
 config = ap.parse_args()
@@ -467,6 +468,15 @@ if not os.path.exists(app_bundle):
 app_bundle_name = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(app_bundle))[0]
 
 # ------------------------------------------------
+translations_dir = None
+if config.translations_dir and config.translations_dir[0]:
+    if os.path.exists(config.translations_dir[0]):
+        translations_dir = config.translations_dir[0]
+    else:
+        if verbose >= 1:
+            sys.stderr.write("Error: Could not find translation dir \"%s\"\n" % (translations_dir))
+        sys.exit(1)
+# ------------------------------------------------
 
 for p in config.add_resources:
     if verbose >= 3:
@@ -590,7 +600,14 @@ if config.plugins:
 if len(config.add_qt_tr) == 0:
     add_qt_tr = []
 else:
-    qt_tr_dir = os.path.join(deploymentInfo.qtPath, "translations")
+    if translations_dir is not None:
+        qt_tr_dir = translations_dir
+    else:
+        if deploymentInfo.qtPath is not None:
+            qt_tr_dir = os.path.join(deploymentInfo.qtPath, "translations")
+        else:
+            sys.stderr.write("Error: Could not find Qt translation path\n")
+            sys.exit(1)
     add_qt_tr = ["qt_%s.qm" % lng for lng in config.add_qt_tr[0].split(",")]
     for lng_file in add_qt_tr:
         p = os.path.join(qt_tr_dir, lng_file)