diff --git a/config/lyxinclude.m4 b/config/lyxinclude.m4
index 940a4af202..7dfcd794df 100644
--- a/config/lyxinclude.m4
+++ b/config/lyxinclude.m4
@@ -512,6 +512,7 @@ case $lyx_use_packaging in
 	   default_prefix=$ac_default_prefix
 	   case ${host} in
 	   *cygwin*) lyx_install_cygwin=true ;;
+	   *apple-darwin*) lyx_install_macosx=true ;;
 	   esac ;;
     *) LYX_ERROR([Unknown packaging type $lyx_use_packaging]) ;;
 esac
diff --git a/status.20x b/status.20x
index d3866c42dc..03158054e5 100644
--- a/status.20x
+++ b/status.20x
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ What's new
 
 - Make compilation work with GCC 4.7.
 
+- Support configure --with-packaging=posix on Mac OS X (bug 7927).
+
 
 ** Bug fixes:
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