diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 92f0d30e4..8e07be180 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ option( BUNDLED_IRIS_ALL "Build bundled iris library with bundled QCA and bundle
 # note Blake2b is needed only with Qt5. Qt6 has its own implementation
 option( IRIS_BUNDLED_QCA "Adds: DTLS, Blake2b (needed with Qt5) and other useful for XMPP crypto-stuff" ${DEFAULT_BUNDLED_QCA} )
 option( IRIS_BUNDLED_USRSCTP "Compile compatible usrsctp lib when system one is not available or uncompatible (required for p2p file transfer)" ${DEFAULT_BUNDLED_USRSCTP} )
+option( BUNDLED_KEYCHAIN "Build QtKeychain library bundled" OFF )
+
 if (UNIX AND "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "Debug")
     option( ENABLE_ASAN "Enable compilation with address sanitizer" OFF )
 endif()
diff --git a/Readme-cmake-ru.txt b/Readme-cmake-ru.txt
index dedbd76ef..b95df6567 100644
--- a/Readme-cmake-ru.txt
+++ b/Readme-cmake-ru.txt
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@
   JINGLE_SCTP)
   (по-умолчанию -OFF)
 
+> -DBUNDLED_KEYCHAIN=ON
+
+  компилировать библиотеку QtKeychain из официального репозитория github
+  Полезно для сборки под macOS (по-умолчанию -OFF)
+
 > -DUSE_ASPELL=OFF
 
   использовать механизм проверки орфографии Aspell (по-умолчанию -OFF)
diff --git a/Readme-cmake.txt b/Readme-cmake.txt
index 371173b3d..a038c4613 100644
--- a/Readme-cmake.txt
+++ b/Readme-cmake.txt
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ or
   uncompatible (required for p2p file transfer. Available only if
   JINGLE_SCTP flag set to ON)
 
+> -DBUNDLED_KEYCHAIN=ON
+
+  to build QtKeychain library bundled (useful for macOS) (default OFF)
+
 > -DUSE_ASPELL=OFF
 
   to use Aspell spellchecker (default OFF)
diff --git a/cmake/modules/qtkeychain-bundled.cmake b/cmake/modules/qtkeychain-bundled.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8261c9d86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/modules/qtkeychain-bundled.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10.0)
+
+set(QtkeychainRepo "https://github.com/frankosterfeld/qtkeychain.git")
+
+set(libname qt${QT_DEFAULT_MAJOR_VERSION}keychain)
+message(STATUS "Qt${QT_DEFAULT_MAJOR_VERSION}Keychain: using bundled")
+set(Qtkeychain_PREFIX ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libname})
+set(Qtkeychain_BUILD_DIR ${Qtkeychain_PREFIX}/build)
+set(Qtkeychain_INSTALL_DIR ${Qtkeychain_PREFIX}/install)
+set(Qtkeychain_INCLUDE_DIR ${Qtkeychain_INSTALL_DIR}/include)
+set(Qtkeychain_LIBRARY_NAME
+${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${libname}${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
+)
+set(Qtkeychain_LIBRARY ${Qtkeychain_INSTALL_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/${Qtkeychain_LIBRARY_NAME})
+
+if(APPLE)
+    set(COREFOUNDATION_LIBRARY "-framework CoreFoundation")
+    set(COREFOUNDATION_LIBRARY_SECURITY "-framework Security")
+    list(APPEND Qtkeychain_LIBRARY ${COREFOUNDATION_LIBRARY} ${COREFOUNDATION_LIBRARY_SECURITY})
+endif()
+
+if(${QT_DEFAULT_MAJOR_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER "5")
+    set(BUILD_WITH_QT6 ON)
+else()
+    set(BUILD_WITH_QT6 OFF)
+endif()
+
+include(FindGit)
+find_package(Git REQUIRED)
+
+include(FindPkgConfig)
+
+include(ExternalProject)
+#set CMake options and transfer the environment to an external project
+set(Qtkeychain_BUILD_OPTIONS
+    -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+    -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${Qtkeychain_INSTALL_DIR}
+    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}
+    -DBUILD_TEST_APPLICATION=OFF
+    -DBUILD_WITH_QT6=${BUILD_WITH_QT6}
+    -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}
+    -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE}
+    -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=${CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM}
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+    -DLIBSECRET_SUPPORT=OFF
+    -DOSX_FRAMEWORK=OFF
+)
+
+ExternalProject_Add(QtkeychainProject
+    PREFIX ${Qtkeychain_PREFIX}
+    BINARY_DIR ${Qtkeychain_BUILD_DIR}
+    GIT_REPOSITORY "${QtkeychainRepo}"
+    GIT_TAG main
+    CMAKE_ARGS ${Qtkeychain_BUILD_OPTIONS}
+    BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${Qtkeychain_LIBRARY}
+    UPDATE_COMMAND ""
+)
+
+set(QTKEYCHAIN_LIBRARIES ${Qtkeychain_LIBRARY})
+set(QTKEYCHAIN_INCLUDE_DIRS ${Qtkeychain_INCLUDE_DIR})
+
+message(STATUS "LIB=${Qtkeychain_LIBRARY}")
+message(STATUS "HEADER=${Qtkeychain_INCLUDE_DIR}")
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f644748c..a5dd07d45 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -81,7 +81,11 @@ else()
     find_package(Qt${QT_DEFAULT_MAJOR_VERSION} 6.6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${REQUIRED_QT_COMPONENTS})
 endif()
 if(USE_KEYCHAIN)
-    find_package(Qt${QT_DEFAULT_MAJOR_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS Keychain)
+    if(NOT BUNDLED_KEYCHAIN)
+        find_package(Qt${QT_DEFAULT_MAJOR_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS Keychain)
+    else()
+        include(qtkeychain-bundled)
+    endif()
     set(KEYCHAIN_LIBS ${QTKEYCHAIN_LIBRARIES})
     include_directories(${QTKEYCHAIN_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     add_definitions(-DHAVE_KEYCHAIN)
@@ -433,6 +437,10 @@ if(UNIX OR IS_WEBENGINE)
 endif()
 add_dependencies(${PROJECT_NAME} build_ui_files)
 
+if(BUNDLED_KEYCHAIN)
+    add_dependencies(${PROJECT_NAME} QtkeychainProject)
+endif()
+
 #Add win32 additional dependencies
 if(WIN32 AND MSVC)
     list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS