diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 56497706029..c59648fd02d 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ BITCOIN_WIN_INSTALLER=$(PACKAGE)-$(PACKAGE_VERSION)-win$(WINDOWS_BITS)-setup$(EX
 
 OSX_APP=Bitcoin-Qt.app
 OSX_DMG=Bitcoin-Qt.dmg
+OSX_BACKGROUND_IMAGE=background.tiff
 OSX_DEPLOY_SCRIPT=$(top_srcdir)/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
 OSX_FANCY_PLIST=$(top_srcdir)/contrib/macdeploy/fancy.plist
 OSX_INSTALLER_ICONS=$(top_srcdir)/src/qt/res/icons/bitcoin.icns
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ WINDOWS_PACKAGING = $(top_srcdir)/share/pixmaps/bitcoin.ico \
   $(top_srcdir)/doc/README_windows.txt
 
 OSX_PACKAGING = $(OSX_DEPLOY_SCRIPT) $(OSX_FANCY_PLIST) $(OSX_INSTALLER_ICONS) \
-  $(top_srcdir)/contrib/macdeploy/background.png \
+  $(top_srcdir)/contrib/macdeploy/$(OSX_BACKGROUND_IMAGE) \
   $(top_srcdir)/contrib/macdeploy/DS_Store \
   $(top_srcdir)/contrib/macdeploy/detached-sig-apply.sh \
   $(top_srcdir)/contrib/macdeploy/detached-sig-create.sh
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ $(OSX_DMG): $(OSX_APP_BUILT) $(OSX_PACKAGING)
 deploydir: $(OSX_DMG)
 else
 APP_DIST_DIR=$(top_builddir)/dist
-APP_DIST_EXTRAS=$(APP_DIST_DIR)/.background/background.png $(APP_DIST_DIR)/.DS_Store $(APP_DIST_DIR)/Applications
+APP_DIST_EXTRAS=$(APP_DIST_DIR)/.background/$(OSX_BACKGROUND_IMAGE) $(APP_DIST_DIR)/.DS_Store $(APP_DIST_DIR)/Applications
 
 $(APP_DIST_DIR)/Applications:
 	@rm -f $@
@@ -106,11 +107,11 @@ $(APP_DIST_EXTRAS): $(APP_DIST_DIR)/$(OSX_APP)/Contents/MacOS/Bitcoin-Qt
 $(OSX_DMG): $(APP_DIST_EXTRAS)
 	$(GENISOIMAGE) -no-cache-inodes -D -l -probe -V "Bitcoin-Qt" -no-pad -r -apple -o $@ dist
 
-$(APP_DIST_DIR)/.background/background.png:
+$(APP_DIST_DIR)/.background/$(OSX_BACKGROUND_IMAGE): contrib/macdeploy/$(OSX_BACKGROUND_IMAGE)
 	$(MKDIR_P) $(@D)
-	$(INSTALL) $(top_srcdir)/contrib/macdeploy/background.png $@
-$(APP_DIST_DIR)/.DS_Store:
-	$(INSTALL) $(top_srcdir)/contrib/macdeploy/DS_Store $@
+	$(INSTALL) $< $@
+$(APP_DIST_DIR)/.DS_Store: contrib/macdeploy/DS_Store
+	$(INSTALL) $< $@
 
 $(APP_DIST_DIR)/$(OSX_APP)/Contents/MacOS/Bitcoin-Qt: $(OSX_APP_BUILT) $(OSX_PACKAGING)
 	INSTALLNAMETOOL=$(INSTALLNAMETOOL)  OTOOL=$(OTOOL) STRIP=$(STRIP) $(OSX_DEPLOY_SCRIPT) $(OSX_APP) -translations-dir=$(QT_TRANSLATION_DIR) -add-qt-tr $(OSX_QT_TRANSLATIONS) -verbose 2
diff --git a/contrib/macdeploy/DS_Store b/contrib/macdeploy/DS_Store
index 7527dc671fb..099960712af 100644
Binary files a/contrib/macdeploy/DS_Store and b/contrib/macdeploy/DS_Store differ
diff --git a/contrib/macdeploy/background.png b/contrib/macdeploy/background.png
index fce12e38079..f88a2ae74bd 100644
Binary files a/contrib/macdeploy/background.png and b/contrib/macdeploy/background.png differ
diff --git a/contrib/macdeploy/background.psd b/contrib/macdeploy/background.psd
index 5889676f8e3..fdc4f4ca4a0 100644
Binary files a/contrib/macdeploy/background.psd and b/contrib/macdeploy/background.psd differ
diff --git a/contrib/macdeploy/background.tiff b/contrib/macdeploy/background.tiff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4b44ac672e6
Binary files /dev/null and b/contrib/macdeploy/background.tiff differ
diff --git a/contrib/macdeploy/background@2x.png b/contrib/macdeploy/background@2x.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4858183f75c
Binary files /dev/null and b/contrib/macdeploy/background@2x.png differ
diff --git a/contrib/macdeploy/fancy.plist b/contrib/macdeploy/fancy.plist
index e73b9b697ef..ef277a7f14a 100644
--- a/contrib/macdeploy/fancy.plist
+++ b/contrib/macdeploy/fancy.plist
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 		<integer>620</integer>
 	</array>
 	<key>background_picture</key>
-	<string>background.png</string>
+	<string>background.tiff</string>
 	<key>icon_size</key>
 	<integer>96</integer>
 	<key>applications_symlink</key>
diff --git a/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus b/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
index 541136001fc..0eb6b2c84dd 100755
--- a/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
+++ b/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ if config.dmg is not None:
         for path, dirs, files in os.walk("dist"):
             for file in files:
                 size += os.path.getsize(os.path.join(path, file))
-        size += int(size * 0.1)
+        size += int(size * 0.15)
         
         if verbose >= 3:
             print "Creating temp image for modification..."
@@ -791,7 +791,8 @@ if config.dmg is not None:
             print "+ Applying fancy settings +"
         
         if fancy.has_key("background_picture"):
-            bg_path = os.path.join(disk_root, os.path.basename(fancy["background_picture"]))
+            bg_path = os.path.join(disk_root, ".background", os.path.basename(fancy["background_picture"]))
+            os.mkdir(os.path.dirname(bg_path))
             if verbose >= 3:
                 print fancy["background_picture"], "->", bg_path
             shutil.copy2(fancy["background_picture"], bg_path)
@@ -849,8 +850,8 @@ if config.dmg is not None:
         if bg_path is not None:
             # Set background file, then call SetFile to make it invisible.
             # (note: making it invisible first makes set background picture fail)
-            bgscript = Template("""set background picture of theViewOptions to file "$bgpic"
-                   do shell script "SetFile -a V /Volumes/$disk/$bgpic" """)
+            bgscript = Template("""set background picture of theViewOptions to file ".background:$bgpic"
+                   do shell script "SetFile -a V /Volumes/$disk/.background/$bgpic" """)
             params["background_commands"] = bgscript.substitute({"bgpic" : os.path.basename(bg_path), "disk" : params["disk"]})
 
         s = appscript.substitute(params)