diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/no/nomacs/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/no/nomacs/package.nix
index 5f4ee57ed94f..339397f9f82a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/no/nomacs/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/no/nomacs/package.nix
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   postInstall = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    mkdir -p $out/lib
+    mkdir -p $out/{Applications,lib}
+    mv $out/nomacs.app $out/Applications/nomacs.app
     mv $out/libnomacsCore.dylib $out/lib/libnomacsCore.dylib
   '';