diff --git a/src/common/kiwix/searcher.cpp b/src/common/kiwix/searcher.cpp
index 8d80403d..a9201f01 100644
--- a/src/common/kiwix/searcher.cpp
+++ b/src/common/kiwix/searcher.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,17 @@ namespace kiwix {
     resultRange(20)
      {
         template_ct2 = getResourceAsString("results.ct2");
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+        string executablePath = getExecutablePath();
+        string executableDirectory = removeLastPathElement(executablePath);
+        string datPath = computeAbsolutePath(executableDirectory, "icudt49l.dat");
+        try {
+            u_setDataDirectory(datPath.c_str());
+        } catch (exception &e) {
+            std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
+        }
+#endif
+
   }
 
   /* Search strings in the database */
diff --git a/src/common/kiwix/searcher.h b/src/common/kiwix/searcher.h
index 3cf2c6cb..fd653078 100644
--- a/src/common/kiwix/searcher.h
+++ b/src/common/kiwix/searcher.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <resourceTools.h>
 #include <pathTools.h>
 #include <stringTools.h>
+#include "unicode/putil.h"
 
 #include <ctpp2/CDT.hpp>
 #include <ctpp2/CTPP2FileLogger.hpp>