diff --git a/CMakeScripts/DefineDependsandFlags.cmake b/CMakeScripts/DefineDependsandFlags.cmake
index 4fee49d61ead8f16c29b867e507cf32f06e062b7..4c5665c0cdaf573262fada673ee7bf434a90e5ed 100644
--- a/CMakeScripts/DefineDependsandFlags.cmake
+++ b/CMakeScripts/DefineDependsandFlags.cmake
@@ -152,7 +152,12 @@ if(WITH_JEMALLOC)
     endif()
 endif()
 
-pkg_search_module(ICU_UC REQUIRED icu-uc)
+if (APPLE)
+    # macOS comes with icu-uc library preinstalled; use it as a fall-back
+    pkg_search_module(ICU_UC icu-uc)
+else()
+    pkg_search_module(ICU_UC REQUIRED icu-uc)
+endif()
 list(APPEND INKSCAPE_INCS_SYS ${ICU_UC_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 list(APPEND INKSCAPE_LIBS ${ICU_UC_LIBRARIES})
 link_directories(${ICU_UC_LIBRARY_DIRS})