diff --git a/os/macosx/plistgen.sh b/os/macosx/plistgen.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# sets VERSION to the value if RELEASE if there are any,
+# otherwise it sets VERSION to revision number
+if [ "$3" ]; then
+VERSION="$3"
+else
+VERSION="$2"
+fi
+date=`date +%Y`
+
+# Generates Info.plist while applying $VERSION
+
+echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC \"-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN\" 
+\"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/Prop$
+<plist version=\"1.0\">
+<dict>
+        <key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
+        <string>English</string>
+        <key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>
+        <string>Open Transport Tycoon</string>
+        <key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
+        <string>openttd</string>
+        <key>CFBundleGetInfoString</key>
+        <string>$VERSION, Copyright 2004-$date The Open Transport Tycoon team</string>
+        <key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
+        <string>openttd.icns</string>
+        <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
+        <string>org.ludde-ottd.ludde-ottd</string>
+        <key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
+        <string>6.0</string>
+        <key>CFBundleName</key>
+        <string>ottd</string>
+        <key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
+        <string>APPL</string>
+        <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
+        <string>$VERSION</string>
+        <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
+        <string>$VERSION</string>
+        <key>NSHumanReadableCopyright</key>
+        <string>Copyright 2004-$date The Open Transport Tycoon team</string>
+        <key>NSPrincipalClass</key>
+        <string>NSApplication</string>
+</dict>
+</plist>" > "$1"/contents/Info.plist