diff --git a/Modules/DeployQt4.cmake b/Modules/DeployQt4.cmake
index ac9cc2903..aba339afb 100644
--- a/Modules/DeployQt4.cmake
+++ b/Modules/DeployQt4.cmake
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 
 include(BundleUtilities)
 set(DeployQt4_cmake_dir "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}")
+set(DeployQt4_apple_plugins_dir "PlugIns")
 
 function(write_qt4_conf qt_conf_dir qt_conf_contents)
         set(qt_conf_path "${qt_conf_dir}/qt.conf")
@@ -130,6 +131,9 @@ function(fixup_qt4_executable executable)
                 set(qt_conf_dir "${executable}/Contents/Resources")
                 set(executable_path "${executable}")
                 set(write_qt_conf TRUE)
+                if(NOT plugins_dir)
+                        set(plugins_dir "${DeployQt4_apple_plugins_dir}")
+                endif()
         else()
                 get_filename_component(executable_path "${executable}" PATH)
                 if(NOT executable_path)
@@ -166,23 +170,19 @@ function(install_qt4_plugin_path plugin executable copy installed_plugin_path_va
         set(component ${ARGV5})
         set(configurations ${ARGV6})
         if(EXISTS "${plugin}")
-                if(plugins_dir)
-                        set(plugins_dir "${plugins_dir}")
-                else()
-                        if(APPLE)
-                                set(plugins_dir "PlugIns")
-                        else()
-                                set(plugins_dir "plugins")
-                        endif()
-                endif()
                 if(APPLE)
+                        if(NOT plugins_dir)
+                                set(plugins_dir "${DeployQt4_apple_plugins_dir}")
+                        endif()
                         set(plugins_path "${executable}/Contents/${plugins_dir}")
                 else()
-                        get_filename_component(executable_path "${executable}" PATH)
-                        if(NOT executable_path)
-                                set(executable_path ".")
+                        get_filename_component(plugins_path "${executable}" PATH)
+                        if(NOT plugins_path)
+                                set(plugins_path ".")
+                        endif()
+                        if(plugins_dir)
+                                set(plugins_path "${plugins_path}/${plugins_dir}")
                         endif()
-                        set(plugins_path "${executable_path}/${plugins_dir}")
                 endif()
 
                 set(plugin_group "")