diff --git a/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleLib.Git.csproj b/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleLib.Git.csproj
index a67702e7..ddfed9db 100644
--- a/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleLib.Git.csproj
+++ b/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleLib.Git.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
     <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
-    <ProductVersion>9.0.30729</ProductVersion>
+    <ProductVersion>8.0.30703</ProductVersion>
     <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
     <ProjectGuid>{009FDCD7-1D57-4202-BB6D-8477D8C6B8EE}</ProjectGuid>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
@@ -11,21 +11,21 @@
     <RootNamespace>SparkleLib.Git</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>SparkleLib.Git</AssemblyName>
     <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
-    <ReleaseVersion />
+    <ReleaseVersion>
+    </ReleaseVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
-    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
     <Optimize>True</Optimize>
     <OutputPath>..\..\bin\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
-    <DebugType>none</DebugType>
     <Optimize>False</Optimize>
     <OutputPath>bin\Debug</OutputPath>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+    <DefineConstants>TRACE DEBUG</DefineConstants>
+    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Service Include="{B4F97281-0DBD-4835-9ED8-7DFB966E87FF}" />
diff --git a/SparkleLib/SparkleLib.csproj b/SparkleLib/SparkleLib.csproj
index fb1fcc98..d90138af 100644
--- a/SparkleLib/SparkleLib.csproj
+++ b/SparkleLib/SparkleLib.csproj
@@ -3,27 +3,29 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
     <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
-    <ProductVersion>8.0.50727</ProductVersion>
+    <ProductVersion>8.0.30703</ProductVersion>
     <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
     <ProjectGuid>{2C914413-B31C-4362-93C7-1AE34F09112A}</ProjectGuid>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <RootNamespace>SparkleLib</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>SparkleLib</AssemblyName>
-    <ReleaseVersion />
+    <ReleaseVersion>
+    </ReleaseVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
     <DebugType>none</DebugType>
-    <Optimize>False</Optimize>
+    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
     <OutputPath>..\bin</OutputPath>
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
     <ConsolePause>False</ConsolePause>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
-    <DebugType>none</DebugType>
     <Optimize>False</Optimize>
     <OutputPath>..\bin</OutputPath>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
+    <DefineConstants>DEBUG</DefineConstants>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="System" />
@@ -46,19 +48,4 @@
     <Compile Include="SparkleFetcherSSH.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
-  <ProjectExtensions>
-    <MonoDevelop>
-      <Properties>
-        <MonoDevelop.Autotools.MakefileInfo IntegrationEnabled="True" RelativeMakefileName="Makefile.am">
-          <BuildFilesVar Sync="True" Name="SOURCES" />
-          <DeployFilesVar />
-          <ResourcesVar />
-          <OthersVar />
-          <GacRefVar />
-          <AsmRefVar />
-          <ProjectRefVar />
-        </MonoDevelop.Autotools.MakefileInfo>
-      </Properties>
-    </MonoDevelop>
-  </ProjectExtensions>
 </Project>
diff --git a/SparkleShare/Mac/SparkleShare.csproj b/SparkleShare/Mac/SparkleShare.csproj
index 6920eb19..04b8cbb9 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/Mac/SparkleShare.csproj
+++ b/SparkleShare/Mac/SparkleShare.csproj
@@ -23,16 +23,14 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
     <CustomCommands>
       <CustomCommands>
-        <Command type="AfterBuild" command="sh -c 'mkdir -p ${TargetDir}/${SolutionName}.app/Contents/Frameworks &amp;&amp; cp -R git ${TargetDir}/${SolutionName}.app/Contents/Resources &amp;&amp; cp -R SparkleShareInviteOpener.app ${TargetDir}/${SolutionName}.app/Contents/Resources'" externalConsole="True" />
+        <Command type="AfterBuild" command="${ProjectDir}/postBuild.sh ${TargetDir}/${SolutionName}.app" />
       </CustomCommands>
     </CustomCommands>
     <EnableCodeSigning>False</EnableCodeSigning>
     <CreatePackage>False</CreatePackage>
     <EnablePackageSigning>False</EnablePackageSigning>
-    <IncludeMonoRuntime>True</IncludeMonoRuntime>
+    <IncludeMonoRuntime>false</IncludeMonoRuntime>
     <ConsolePause>False</ConsolePause>
-    <CodeSigningKey>Mac Developer</CodeSigningKey>
-    <PackageSigningKey>3rd Party Mac Developer Installer</PackageSigningKey>
     <UseSGen>false</UseSGen>
     <UseRefCounting>false</UseRefCounting>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -44,7 +42,7 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
     <CustomCommands>
       <CustomCommands>
-        <Command type="AfterBuild" command="sh -c 'mkdir -p ${TargetDir}/${SolutionName}.app/Contents/Frameworks &amp;&amp; cp -R git ${TargetDir}/${SolutionName}.app/Contents/Resources &amp;&amp; cp -R SparkleShareInviteOpener.app ${TargetDir}/${SolutionName}.app/Contents/Resources'" externalConsole="True" />
+        <Command type="AfterBuild" command="${ProjectDir}/postBuild.sh ${TargetDir}/${SolutionName}.app" />
       </CustomCommands>
     </CustomCommands>
     <EnableCodeSigning>False</EnableCodeSigning>
@@ -52,12 +50,26 @@
     <EnablePackageSigning>False</EnablePackageSigning>
     <IncludeMonoRuntime>false</IncludeMonoRuntime>
     <ConsolePause>False</ConsolePause>
-    <CodeSigningKey>Mac Developer</CodeSigningKey>
-    <PackageSigningKey>3rd Party Mac Developer Installer</PackageSigningKey>
     <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
     <UseSGen>false</UseSGen>
     <UseRefCounting>false</UseRefCounting>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'ReleaseDist|AnyCPU' ">
+    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
+    <OutputPath>bin\ReleaseDist</OutputPath>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+    <UseSGen>false</UseSGen>
+    <IncludeMonoRuntime>false</IncludeMonoRuntime>
+    <EnablePackageSigning>false</EnablePackageSigning>
+    <CustomCommands>
+      <CustomCommands>
+        <Command type="AfterBuild" command="${ProjectDir}/postBuild.sh ${TargetDir}/${SolutionName}.app" />
+        <Command type="AfterBuild" command="${ProjectDir}/packReleaseDist.sh ${TargetDir}/${SolutionName}.app" />
+      </CustomCommands>
+    </CustomCommands>
+    <EnableCodeSigning>false</EnableCodeSigning>
+    <CreatePackage>false</CreatePackage>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
diff --git a/SparkleShare/Mac/SparkleShare.sln b/SparkleShare/Mac/SparkleShare.sln
index 9faea5d9..8920b7f0 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/Mac/SparkleShare.sln
+++ b/SparkleShare/Mac/SparkleShare.sln
@@ -11,20 +11,27 @@ Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
 		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
+		ReleaseDist|Any CPU = ReleaseDist|Any CPU
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
 		{009FDCD7-1D57-4202-BB6D-8477D8C6B8EE}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
 		{009FDCD7-1D57-4202-BB6D-8477D8C6B8EE}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
 		{009FDCD7-1D57-4202-BB6D-8477D8C6B8EE}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{009FDCD7-1D57-4202-BB6D-8477D8C6B8EE}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{009FDCD7-1D57-4202-BB6D-8477D8C6B8EE}.ReleaseDist|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{009FDCD7-1D57-4202-BB6D-8477D8C6B8EE}.ReleaseDist|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 		{2C914413-B31C-4362-93C7-1AE34F09112A}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
 		{2C914413-B31C-4362-93C7-1AE34F09112A}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
 		{2C914413-B31C-4362-93C7-1AE34F09112A}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{2C914413-B31C-4362-93C7-1AE34F09112A}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{2C914413-B31C-4362-93C7-1AE34F09112A}.ReleaseDist|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{2C914413-B31C-4362-93C7-1AE34F09112A}.ReleaseDist|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 		{CF5BC8DB-A633-4FCC-8A3E-E3AC9B59FABC}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
 		{CF5BC8DB-A633-4FCC-8A3E-E3AC9B59FABC}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
 		{CF5BC8DB-A633-4FCC-8A3E-E3AC9B59FABC}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{CF5BC8DB-A633-4FCC-8A3E-E3AC9B59FABC}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{CF5BC8DB-A633-4FCC-8A3E-E3AC9B59FABC}.ReleaseDist|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = ReleaseDist|Any CPU
+		{CF5BC8DB-A633-4FCC-8A3E-E3AC9B59FABC}.ReleaseDist|Any CPU.Build.0 = ReleaseDist|Any CPU
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(MonoDevelopProperties) = preSolution
 		StartupItem = SparkleShare.csproj
diff --git a/SparkleShare/Mac/checkGit.sh b/SparkleShare/Mac/checkGit.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d64a0836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SparkleShare/Mac/checkGit.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/sh                                                                                                                                          
+function abspath()
+{
+  case "${1}" in
+    [./]*)
+    echo "$(cd ${1%/*}; pwd)/${1##*/}"
+    ;;
+    *)
+    echo "${PWD}/${1}"
+    ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+export projectFolder=$(dirname $0)
+export projectFolder=$(abspath ${projectFolder})
+
+export gitVersion=$(cat ${projectFolder}/git.version)
+
+set -e
+
+if [ ! -f ${projectFolder}/git-${gitVersion}.tar.gz ]
+then
+    curl -s https://codeload.github.com/git/git/zip/v${gitVersion} > git.zip
+    unzip -q git.zip
+
+    cd git-${gitVersion}
+
+    make configure
+    ./configure --prefix=${projectFolder}/git
+    make install
+    cd ..
+
+    tar cfz git-${gitVersion}.tar.gz git
+    rm -rf git
+    rm -rf git-${gitVersion}
+    rm git.zip
+fi
diff --git a/SparkleShare/Mac/git.version b/SparkleShare/Mac/git.version
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..05fc3da2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SparkleShare/Mac/git.version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.8.5.5
diff --git a/SparkleShare/Mac/packReleaseDist.sh b/SparkleShare/Mac/packReleaseDist.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4a8f2df0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SparkleShare/Mac/packReleaseDist.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# expect path to app bundle argument
+export bundle=$1
+export projectFolder=$(dirname $0)
+
+echo packing ${bundle} for release without Mono framework dependency
+
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/pkgconfig
+export AS="as -arch i386"
+export CC="cc -arch i386 -lobjc -liconv -framework Foundation"
+export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/opt/local/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
+
+cd ${bundle}/Contents/MonoBundle/
+mkbundle --static --deps -o ../MacOS/SparkleShare  SparkleShare.exe SparkleLib.dll MonoMac.dll SparkleLib.Git.dll
+rm *.dll *.exe
diff --git a/SparkleShare/Mac/postBuild.sh b/SparkleShare/Mac/postBuild.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..643f33a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SparkleShare/Mac/postBuild.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# expect path to app bundle argument
+export bundle=$1
+export projectFolder=$(dirname $0)
+export gitVersion=$(cat ${projectFolder}/git.version)
+
+echo postprocessing ${bundle}
+
+export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/opt/local/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
+
+${projectFolder}/checkGit.sh
+tar -x -f ${projectFolder}/git-${gitVersion}.tar.gz -C ${bundle}/Contents/Resources
+cp -R SparkleShareInviteOpener.app ${bundle}/Contents/Resources
+cp config ${bundle}/Contents/MonoBundle