diff --git a/mac/gramps.modules b/mac/gramps.modules
index 6a599ad0f..1dfb3697b 100644
--- a/mac/gramps.modules
+++ b/mac/gramps.modules
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
 	      href="http://exiv2.org/"/>
   <repository type="tarball" name="pythonware"
 	      href="http://effbot.org/downloads/"/>
-
+  <repository type='tarball' name='icu'
+	      href='http://download.icu-project.org/files/'/>
 <!--
 Special instructions:
 Gramps uses BerkeleyDB (BDB) via Python. BDB is normally included in Linux systems, but Apple prefers other mechanisms for data storage, so it isn't included on Macs.
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ gtk-mac-bundler gtk-osx-build/projects/gramps/gramps.bundle
       <dep package="osmgpsmap"/>
       <dep package="graphviz"/>
       <dep package="pil"/>
+      <dep package='pyicu'/>
     </dependencies>
     <after>
       <dep package="pyexiv2"/>
@@ -204,4 +206,18 @@ gtk-mac-bundler gtk-osx-build/projects/gramps/gramps.bundle
     <branch module="Imaging-1.1.7.tar.gz" version="1.1.7" repo="pythonware"/>
   </distutils>
 
+  <autotools id='icu' autogen-sh='source/configure'
+	     makeargs='CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DU_CHARSET_IS_UTF8=1 -DU_USING_ICU_NAMESPACE=0"'>
+    <branch repo='icu' version='50.1.2' checkoutdir='icu'
+	    module='icu4c/50.1.2/icu4c-50_1_2-src.tgz'/>
+  </autotools>
+
+  <distutils id='pyicu'>
+    <branch version='1.5' repo='pymodules'
+	    module='P/PyICU/PyICU-1.5.tar.gz'/>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dep package='icu'/>
+    </dependencies>
+  </distutils>
+
 </moduleset>