diff -ruN kglobalaccel-5.29.0-orig/src/runtime/CMakeLists.txt kglobalaccel-5.29.0/src/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
--- kglobalaccel-5.29.0-orig/src/runtime/CMakeLists.txt	2016-12-03 15:01:57.000000000 -0600
+++ kglobalaccel-5.29.0/src/runtime/CMakeLists.txt	2016-12-26 20:18:17.000000000 -0600
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@
     KF5::DBusAddons   # KDBusService
     KF5::Crash
     )
+if (APPLE)
+    include(ECMMarkNonGuiExecutable)
+    ecm_mark_nongui_executable(kglobalaccel5)
+    target_link_libraries(kglobalaccel5 "-framework CoreFoundation")
+endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(plugins)
 
diff -ruN kglobalaccel-5.29.0-orig/src/runtime/main.cpp kglobalaccel-5.29.0/src/runtime/main.cpp
--- kglobalaccel-5.29.0-orig/src/runtime/main.cpp	2016-12-03 15:01:57.000000000 -0600
+++ kglobalaccel-5.29.0/src/runtime/main.cpp	2016-12-26 20:18:17.000000000 -0600
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
 #include "kglobalacceld.h"
 #include "logging_p.h"
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_MACOS
+#include <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <kcrash.h>
 #include <KAboutData>
 #include <KDBusService>
@@ -44,6 +48,20 @@
     // get a hang on kglobalaccel restart (kglobalaccel tries to register with ksmserver,
     // ksmserver tries to register with kglobalaccel).
     qunsetenv( "SESSION_MANAGER" );
+#ifdef Q_OS_MACOS
+    CFBundleRef mainBundle = CFBundleGetMainBundle();
+    if (mainBundle) {
+        // get the application's Info Dictionary. For app bundles this would live in the bundle's Info.plist,
+        // for regular executables it is obtained in another way.
+        CFMutableDictionaryRef infoDict = (CFMutableDictionaryRef) CFBundleGetInfoDictionary(mainBundle);
+        if (infoDict) {
+            // Add or set the "LSUIElement" key with/to value "1". This can simply be a CFString.
+            CFDictionarySetValue(infoDict, CFSTR("LSUIElement"), CFSTR("1"));
+            // That's it. We're now considered as an "agent" by the window server, and thus will have
+            // neither menubar nor presence in the Dock or App Switcher.
+        }
+    }
+#endif
 
     QGuiApplication app(argc, argv);
     KAboutData aboutdata(