diff --git a/src/mainwindow.cpp b/src/mainwindow.cpp
index b917c2b..c4da36d 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -196,7 +196,12 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) : QMainWindow(parent)
 #endif
     fileMenu->addAction(tr("Copy marked files"), Qt::Key_F5, this, &MainWindow::copyMarked);
     fileMenu->addAction(tr("Move marked files"), Qt::Key_F6, this, &MainWindow::moveMarked);
-    fileMenu->addAction(tr("Move marked files to trash"), QKeySequence::Delete, this, &MainWindow::deleteMarked);
+    QAction *deleteAction = fileMenu->addAction(tr("Move marked files to trash"), QKeySequence::Delete, this, &MainWindow::deleteMarked);
+#ifdef Q_OS_MACOS
+    deleteAction->setShortcuts(QList<QKeySequence>({Qt::Key_Backspace, QKeySequence::Delete}));
+#else
+    deleteAction->setShortcuts(QKeySequence::Delete);
+#endif
     fileMenu->addSeparator();
     fileMenu->addAction(tr("Index directory"), this, static_cast<void (MainWindow::*)()>(&MainWindow::indexDir));
     fileMenu->addAction(tr("Reindex files"), this, &MainWindow::reindex);