diff --git a/core/ui/pom.xml b/core/ui/pom.xml
index 6a0ce70dad..9325822a37 100644
--- a/core/ui/pom.xml
+++ b/core/ui/pom.xml
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
+    <!-- Native menus on macOS -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>de.jangassen</groupId>
+      <artifactId>nsmenufx</artifactId>
+      <version>3.1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/core/ui/src/main/java/org/phoebus/ui/application/PhoebusApplication.java b/core/ui/src/main/java/org/phoebus/ui/application/PhoebusApplication.java
index cdbd71a08c..27c4ba2868 100644
--- a/core/ui/src/main/java/org/phoebus/ui/application/PhoebusApplication.java
+++ b/core/ui/src/main/java/org/phoebus/ui/application/PhoebusApplication.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.SortedMap;
@@ -706,7 +707,8 @@ private MenuBar createMenu(final Stage stage) {
 
         // Help
         final MenuItem content = createMenuItem(new OpenHelp());
-        final MenuItem about = createMenuItem(new OpenAbout());
+        final var open_about = new OpenAbout();
+        final MenuItem about = createMenuItem(open_about);
         menuBar.getMenus().add(new Menu(Messages.Help, null, about, content));
 
         selectTabMenu.getParentMenu().setOnShowing(e -> {
@@ -734,6 +736,26 @@ private MenuBar createMenu(final Stage stage) {
         });
 
         closeAllTabsMenuItem.setOnAction(ae -> closeAllTabs());
+
+        // The application menu (the left-most menu in the menu bar) on macOS
+        // that is generated by JavaFX is broken, so we replace it with a menu
+        // that satisfies the expectations for a macOS app.
+        if (PlatformInfo.is_mac_os_x) {
+            final var toolkit = de.jangassen.MenuToolkit.toolkit(Locale.getDefault());
+            final var app_name = Messages.FixedTitle;
+            final var default_menu = new Menu(
+                    app_name,
+                    null,
+                    toolkit.createAboutMenuItem(app_name, event -> open_about.call()),
+                    new SeparatorMenuItem(),
+                    toolkit.createHideMenuItem(app_name),
+                    toolkit.createHideOthersMenuItem(),
+                    toolkit.createUnhideAllMenuItem(),
+                    new SeparatorMenuItem(),
+                    toolkit.createQuitMenuItem(app_name));
+            toolkit.setApplicationMenu(default_menu);
+        }
+
         return menuBar;
     }
 
diff --git a/dependencies/phoebus-target/pom.xml b/dependencies/phoebus-target/pom.xml
index 09e7970137..8faa3a2cfc 100644
--- a/dependencies/phoebus-target/pom.xml
+++ b/dependencies/phoebus-target/pom.xml
@@ -532,6 +532,13 @@
       <version>3.1.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
+    <!-- Native menus on macOS -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>de.jangassen</groupId>
+      <artifactId>nsmenufx</artifactId>
+      <version>3.1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>