diff --git a/cmake/externals/sdl2/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/externals/sdl2/CMakeLists.txt
index 5b60e60af1..49bb68891d 100644
--- a/cmake/externals/sdl2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/externals/sdl2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ if (WIN32)
     INSTALL_COMMAND ""
     LOG_DOWNLOAD 1
   )
+elseif (APPLE)
+  ExternalProject_Add(
+    ${EXTERNAL_NAME}
+    URL http://hifi-public.s3.amazonaws.com/dependencies/SDL2-2.0.3-OSX.tar.gz
+    URL_MD5 64f888886268bdf1656ef1b4b7d7756d
+    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
+    BUILD_COMMAND ""
+    INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+    LOG_DOWNLOAD 1
+  )
 else ()
   if (ANDROID)
     set(ANDROID_CMAKE_ARGS "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE}" "-DANDROID_NATIVE_API_LEVEL=19")
@@ -30,23 +40,29 @@ endif ()
 
 string(TOUPPER ${EXTERNAL_NAME} EXTERNAL_NAME_UPPER)
 
-if (WIN32)
+if (APPLE)
   ExternalProject_Get_Property(${EXTERNAL_NAME} SOURCE_DIR)
-  set(_ROOT_DIR ${SOURCE_DIR})
-  set(_INCLUDE_DIR ${_ROOT_DIR}/include)
-  set(_LIB_DIR "${SOURCE_DIR}/lib/x86")
-  set(_LIB_EXT "lib")
-  
-  set(${EXTERNAL_NAME_UPPER}_DLL_PATH ${_LIB_DIR} CACHE PATH "Location of SDL2 DLL")
+  set(${EXTERNAL_NAME_UPPER}_INCLUDE_DIR ${SOURCE_DIR}/SDL2.framework/Headers CACHE PATH "Location of SDL2 include directory")
+  set(${EXTERNAL_NAME_UPPER}_LIBRARY_TEMP ${SOURCE_DIR}/SDL2.framework CACHE PATH "Location of SDL2 framework")
 else ()
-  ExternalProject_Get_Property(${EXTERNAL_NAME} INSTALL_DIR)
-  set(_ROOT_DIR ${INSTALL_DIR})
-  set(_INCLUDE_DIR ${_ROOT_DIR}/include/SDL2)
+  if (WIN32)
+    ExternalProject_Get_Property(${EXTERNAL_NAME} SOURCE_DIR)
+    set(_ROOT_DIR ${SOURCE_DIR})
+    set(_INCLUDE_DIR ${_ROOT_DIR}/include)
+    set(_LIB_DIR "${SOURCE_DIR}/lib/x86")
+    set(_LIB_EXT "lib")
   
-  set(_LIB_DIR ${INSTALL_DIR}/lib)
-  set(_LIB_EXT "so")
-  set(_LIB_PREFIX "lib")
-endif ()
+    set(${EXTERNAL_NAME_UPPER}_DLL_PATH ${_LIB_DIR} CACHE PATH "Location of SDL2 DLL")
+  else ()
+    ExternalProject_Get_Property(${EXTERNAL_NAME} INSTALL_DIR)
+    set(_ROOT_DIR ${INSTALL_DIR})
+    set(_INCLUDE_DIR ${_ROOT_DIR}/include/SDL2)
+  
+    set(_LIB_DIR ${INSTALL_DIR}/lib)
+    set(_LIB_EXT "so")
+    set(_LIB_PREFIX "lib")
+  endif ()
 
-set(${EXTERNAL_NAME_UPPER}_INCLUDE_DIR ${_INCLUDE_DIR} CACHE PATH "Location of SDL2 include directory")
-set(${EXTERNAL_NAME_UPPER}_LIBRARY_TEMP ${_LIB_DIR}/${_LIB_PREFIX}SDL2.${_LIB_EXT} CACHE FILEPATH "Path to SDL2 library")
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+  set(${EXTERNAL_NAME_UPPER}_INCLUDE_DIR ${_INCLUDE_DIR} CACHE PATH "Location of SDL2 include directory")
+  set(${EXTERNAL_NAME_UPPER}_LIBRARY_TEMP ${_LIB_DIR}/${_LIB_PREFIX}SDL2.${_LIB_EXT} CACHE FILEPATH "Path to SDL2 library")
+endif ()
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