diff --git a/src/Squirrel.CommandLine/OSX/Commands.cs b/src/Squirrel.CommandLine/OSX/Commands.cs
index 0cb58f2ee..4108c378b 100644
--- a/src/Squirrel.CommandLine/OSX/Commands.cs
+++ b/src/Squirrel.CommandLine/OSX/Commands.cs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ private static void Pack(PackOptions options)
                 Log.Info("Copying app to release directory");
                 if (Directory.Exists(appBundlePath)) Utility.DeleteFileOrDirectoryHard(appBundlePath);
                 Directory.CreateDirectory(appBundlePath);
-                CopyFiles(new DirectoryInfo(options.packDirectory), new DirectoryInfo(appBundlePath));
+                Utility.CopyFiles(new DirectoryInfo(options.packDirectory), new DirectoryInfo(appBundlePath));
             } else {
                 Log.Info("Pack directory is not a bundle. Will generate new '.app' bundle from a directory of application files.");
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ private static void Pack(PackOptions options)
                 File.Copy(options.icon, Path.Combine(builder.ResourcesDirectory, Path.GetFileName(options.icon)));
 
                 Log.Info("Copying application files into new '.app' bundle");
-                CopyFiles(new DirectoryInfo(options.packDirectory), new DirectoryInfo(builder.MacosDirectory));
+                Utility.CopyFiles(new DirectoryInfo(options.packDirectory), new DirectoryInfo(builder.MacosDirectory));
 
                 appBundlePath = builder.AppDirectory;
             }
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ private static void Pack(PackOptions options)
                 HelperExe.CreateDittoZip(appBundlePath, zipPath);
                 HelperExe.Notarize(zipPath, options.notaryProfile);
                 HelperExe.Staple(appBundlePath);
-
+                
                 // re-create the zip from the app with the stapled notarization
                 File.Delete(zipPath);
                 HelperExe.CreateDittoZip(appBundlePath, zipPath);
@@ -181,20 +181,5 @@ private static void Pack(PackOptions options)
 
             Log.Info("Done.");
         }
-
-        private static void CopyFiles(DirectoryInfo source, DirectoryInfo target)
-        {
-            Directory.CreateDirectory(target.FullName);
-
-            foreach (var fileInfo in source.GetFiles()) {
-                var path = Path.Combine(target.FullName, fileInfo.Name);
-                fileInfo.CopyTo(path, true);
-            }
-
-            foreach (var sourceSubDir in source.GetDirectories()) {
-                var targetSubDir = target.CreateSubdirectory(sourceSubDir.Name);
-                CopyFiles(sourceSubDir, targetSubDir);
-            }
-        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Squirrel.CommandLine/OSX/HelperExe.cs b/src/Squirrel.CommandLine/OSX/HelperExe.cs
index b5700e11c..60dd2765a 100644
--- a/src/Squirrel.CommandLine/OSX/HelperExe.cs
+++ b/src/Squirrel.CommandLine/OSX/HelperExe.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Runtime.Versioning;
 using System.Threading;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
@@ -52,22 +53,54 @@ public static void CreateInstallerPkg(string appBundlePath, string pkgOutputPath
         {
             Log.Info($"Creating installer '.pkg' for app at '{appBundlePath}'");
 
-            var args = new List<string> {
-                "--install-location", "~/Applications",
-                "--component", appBundlePath,
+            using var _1 = Utility.GetTempDirectory(out var tmp);
+            using var _2 = Utility.GetTempDirectory(out var tmpPayload1);
+            using var _3 = Utility.GetTempDirectory(out var tmpPayload2);
+
+            // copy .app to tmp folder
+            var bundleName = Path.GetFileName(appBundlePath);
+            var tmpBundlePath = Path.Combine(tmpPayload1, bundleName);
+            Utility.CopyFiles(new DirectoryInfo(appBundlePath), new DirectoryInfo(tmpBundlePath));
+
+            // generate non-relocatable pkg
+            var pkgPlistPath = Path.Combine(tmp, "tmp.plist");
+            InvokeAndThrowIfNonZero("pkgbuild", new[] { "--analyze", "--root", tmpPayload1, pkgPlistPath }, null);
+            InvokeAndThrowIfNonZero("plutil", new[] { "-replace", "BundleIsRelocatable", "-bool", "NO", pkgPlistPath }, null);
+            
+            var pkg1Path = Path.Combine(tmpPayload2, "1.pkg");
+            string[] args1 = {
+                "--root", tmpPayload1,
+                "--component-plist", pkgPlistPath,
+                "--install-location", "/Applications",
+                pkg1Path,
             };
+            
+            InvokeAndThrowIfNonZero("pkgbuild", args1, null);
 
+            // create product package that installs to home dir
+            var distributionPath = Path.Combine(tmp, "distribution.xml");
+            InvokeAndThrowIfNonZero("productbuild", new[] { "--synthesize", "--package", pkg1Path, distributionPath }, null);
+            
+            // disable local system installation and build final package
+            var distXml = File.ReadAllLines(distributionPath).ToList();
+            distXml.Insert(2, "<domains enable_anywhere=\"false\" enable_currentUserHome=\"true\" enable_localSystem=\"false\" />");
+            File.WriteAllLines(distributionPath, distXml);
+            
+            List<string> args2 = new () {
+                "--distribution", distributionPath, 
+                "--package-path", tmpPayload2,
+                pkgOutputPath
+            };
+            
             if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(signIdentity)) {
-                args.Add("--sign");
-                args.Add(signIdentity);
+                args2.Add("--sign");
+                args2.Add(signIdentity);
             } else {
                 Log.Warn("No Installer signing identity provided. The '.pkg' will not be signed.");
             }
-
-            args.Add(pkgOutputPath);
-
-            InvokeAndThrowIfNonZero("pkgbuild", args, null);
-
+            
+            InvokeAndThrowIfNonZero("productbuild", args2, null);
+            
             Log.Info("Installer created successfully");
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Squirrel/Internal/Utility.cs b/src/Squirrel/Internal/Utility.cs
index 90d68b744..07e184e5a 100644
--- a/src/Squirrel/Internal/Utility.cs
+++ b/src/Squirrel/Internal/Utility.cs
@@ -781,5 +781,20 @@ public static NuspecManifest ReadManifestFromVersionDir(string appVersionDir)
 
             return null;
         }
+        
+        public static void CopyFiles(DirectoryInfo source, DirectoryInfo target)
+        {
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(target.FullName);
+
+            foreach (var fileInfo in source.GetFiles()) {
+                var path = Path.Combine(target.FullName, fileInfo.Name);
+                fileInfo.CopyTo(path, true);
+            }
+
+            foreach (var sourceSubDir in source.GetDirectories()) {
+                var targetSubDir = target.CreateSubdirectory(sourceSubDir.Name);
+                CopyFiles(sourceSubDir, targetSubDir);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
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