diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1fb02e41..ff588ebb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ lib/libglvis.js
 lib/libglvis.a
 share/logo.rgba.bin.cpp
 glvis
+GLVis.app
 
 # Output from running glvis
 GLVis.pdf
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 35cf3b97..4719a198 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ Version 4.0.1 (development)
 
 - Replace pthreads and POSIX-specific code with C++11 standard thread library.
 
+- Added build target ("make app") to build a native Mac OS application bundle
+  that can be double-clicked, added to the Dock, etc.
+
 
 Version 4.0, released on Dec 11, 2020
 =====================================
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e7d2ad71..8bdfbbbf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -309,3 +309,22 @@ if(NOT EMSCRIPTEN)
   endif (MFEM_USE_GNUTLS)
 
 endif(NOT EMSCRIPTEN)
+
+add_custom_target(app
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory GLVis.app/Contents/MacOS
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory GLVis.app/Contents/Resources
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy glvis GLVis.app/Contents/MacOS/
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/share/Info.plist GLVis.app/Contents
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/share/GLVis.icns
+        GLVis.app/Contents/Resources/
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/share/Credits.rtf
+        GLVis.app/Contents/Resources/
+    DEPENDS
+        glvis-exe
+        GLVis.app/Contents/Info.plist
+        GLVis.app/Contents/Resources/GLVis.icns
+        GLVis.app/Contents/Resources/Credits.rtf
+    VERBATIM)
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index cc3ca002..d04d8838 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ Some of the available 'make' targets are:
 make       -> Builds the glvis binary, using the MFEM compiler and options
 make opt   -> Builds an optimized version
 make debug -> Builds a debug version
+make app   -> Builds a Mac OS application bundle
 make clean -> Cleans the build
 make style -> Format the code with Artistic Style.
 make help  -> Prints a short help message
@@ -191,6 +192,9 @@ Some building considerations
      Note that while this avoids the hard error, and allows for real-time
      visualization, occasional hangs have been reported with this method.
 
+- On Mac OS X, GLVis can be built as a native application bundle using the 'make
+  app' target (with both the makefile and CMake build systems).
+
 Dependency building instructions
 ================================
 Note that using the build locations given below will let the GLVis build systems
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 795f540b..93be9e6f 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ GLVis makefile targets:
    make
    make status/info
    make install
+   make app
    make clean
    make distclean
    make style
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ make status
    Display information about the current configuration.
 make install PREFIX=<dir>
    Install the glvis executable in <dir>.
+make app
+   Build a Mac OS application bundle.
 make clean
    Clean the glvis executable, library and object files.
 make distclean
@@ -297,6 +300,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf lib/*.o lib/*.bc lib/gl/*.o lib/gl/*.bc lib/*~ *~ glvis
 	rm -rf $(LOGO_FILE_CPP) share/*.o
 	rm -rf lib/libglvis.a lib/libglvis.js *.dSYM
+	rm -rf GLVis.app
 
 distclean: clean
 	rm -rf bin/
@@ -309,6 +313,14 @@ ifeq ($(MFEM_USE_GNUTLS),YES)
 	$(INSTALL) -m 750 glvis-keygen.sh $(PREFIX)
 endif
 
+app: glvis
+	mkdir -p GLVis.app/Contents/MacOS
+	mkdir -p GLVis.app/Contents/Resources
+	cp share/Info.plist GLVis.app/Contents
+	cp glvis GLVis.app/Contents/MacOS
+	cp share/GLVis.icns GLVis.app/Contents/Resources
+	cp share/Credits.rtf GLVis.app/Contents/Resources
+
 help:
 	$(info $(value GLVIS_HELP_MSG))
 	@true
diff --git a/share/Credits.rtf b/share/Credits.rtf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..110f0fc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/Credits.rtf
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf2580
+\cocoatextscaling0\cocoaplatform0{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica-Bold;\f1\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;}
+{\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;}
+{\*\expandedcolortbl;;}
+\margl1440\margr1440\vieww15100\viewh8040\viewkind0
+\pard\tx720\tx1440\tx2160\tx2880\tx3600\tx4320\tx5040\tx5760\tx6480\tx7200\tx7920\tx8640\sl288\slmult1\pardirnatural\qc\partightenfactor0
+{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://glvis.org"}}{\fldrslt
+\f0\b\fs26 \cf0 glvis.org}}
+\f1\fs24 \
+\
+GLVis is a tool for accurate and flexible OpenGL visualization of finite element solutions based on the {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://mfem.org"}}{\fldrslt MFEM}} finite element library.\
+
+\fs12 \
+
+\fs24 Developed by the GLVis team at {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://computing.llnl.gov/casc"}}{\fldrslt CASC}}, {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://www.llnl.gov"}}{\fldrslt LLNL}}.}
diff --git a/share/GLVis.icns b/share/GLVis.icns
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7787c4de
Binary files /dev/null and b/share/GLVis.icns differ
diff --git a/share/Info.plist b/share/Info.plist
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a4be377
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/Info.plist
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+  <key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
+  <string>glvis</string>
+  <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
+  <string>org.glvis</string>
+  <key>CFBundleName</key>
+  <string>GLVis</string>
+  <key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
+  <string>GLVis.icns</string>
+  <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
+  <string>4.0.1</string>
+  <key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
+  <string>6.0</string>
+  <key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
+  <string>APPL</string>
+  <key>NSHighResolutionCapable</key>
+  <true/>
+</dict>
+</plist>