diff --git a/pcsx2-qt/CMakeLists.txt b/pcsx2-qt/CMakeLists.txt
index 17b8dcc9a8..d6adbe4d44 100644
--- a/pcsx2-qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pcsx2-qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -204,8 +204,11 @@ if(WIN32)
 	set_source_files_properties(${TS_FILES} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_LOCATION "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin/translations")
 	qt_add_lrelease(pcsx2-qt TS_FILES ${TS_FILES})
 elseif(APPLE)
-	# Hopefully macdeployqt will pick these up.
-	qt_add_lrelease(pcsx2-qt TS_FILES ${TS_FILES})
+	qt_add_lrelease(pcsx2-qt TS_FILES ${TS_FILES} QM_FILES_OUTPUT_VARIABLE QM_FILES)
+	foreach (QM_FILE IN LISTS QM_FILES)
+		target_sources(pcsx2-qt PRIVATE ${QM_FILE})
+		set_source_files_properties(${QM_FILE} PROPERTIES MACOSX_PACKAGE_LOCATION Resources/translations/)
+	endforeach()
 else()
 	# TODO: Copy base translations.
 	qt_add_lrelease(pcsx2-qt TS_FILES ${TS_FILES} QM_FILES_OUTPUT_VARIABLE QM_FILES)
diff --git a/pcsx2-qt/Translations.cpp b/pcsx2-qt/Translations.cpp
index 3fd92f2ae0..b291150dd1 100644
--- a/pcsx2-qt/Translations.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2-qt/Translations.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ void QtHost::InstallTranslator()
 		QString::fromStdString(Host::GetBaseStringSettingValue("UI", "Language", GetDefaultLanguage()));
 
 	// Install the base qt translation first.
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+	const QString base_dir = QStringLiteral("%1/../Resources/translations").arg(qApp->applicationDirPath());
+#else
 	const QString base_dir = QStringLiteral("%1/translations").arg(qApp->applicationDirPath());
+#endif
 	QString base_path = QStringLiteral("%1/qt_%2.qm").arg(base_dir).arg(language);
 	bool has_base_ts = QFile::exists(base_path);
 	if (!has_base_ts)