diff --git a/src/widgets/styles/qcommonstyle.cpp b/src/widgets/styles/qcommonstyle.cpp
index 437becbf70..e8062e9f9e 100644
--- a/src/widgets/styles/qcommonstyle.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/styles/qcommonstyle.cpp
@@ -4974,7 +4974,11 @@ int QCommonStyle::styleHint(StyleHint sh, const QStyleOption *opt, const QWidget
         break;
 
     case SH_BlinkCursorWhenTextSelected:
+#if defined(Q_OS_DARWIN)
+        ret = 0;
+#else
         ret = 1;
+#endif
         break;
 
     case SH_Table_GridLineColor: