diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ed2e08b7..beb86adbe 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Darwin")
 	install(FILES ${QTTRANSLATIONS} DESTINATION ${RESOURCEDIR}/translations)
 	install(FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/gpl-2.0.txt DESTINATION ${RESOURCEDIR})
 	# this is a HACK
-	if(${SUBSURFACE_TARGET_EXECUTABLE} MATCHES "DesktopExecutable")
+	if((${SUBSURFACE_TARGET_EXECUTABLE} MATCHES "DesktopExecutable") AND (NOT NO_PRINTING))
 		install(DIRECTORY ${Grantlee5_DIR}/../../grantlee DESTINATION ${PLUGINDIR})
 	endif()
 	# this is a hack - but I don't know how else to find the macdeployqt program if it's not in the PATH
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index a2edbd8ad..72d8542b3 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -403,6 +403,8 @@ if [ "$BUILDGRANTLEE" = "1" ] ; then
 		$SRC/grantlee
 	make -j4
 	make install
+else
+	PRINTING="-DNO_PRINTING=ON"
 fi