diff --git a/PyInstaller/building/api.py b/PyInstaller/building/api.py
index aa1d1876978..6843f362332 100644
--- a/PyInstaller/building/api.py
+++ b/PyInstaller/building/api.py
@@ -628,6 +628,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kws):
         from ..config import CONF
         Target.__init__(self)
         self.strip_binaries = kws.get('strip', False)
+        self.console = True
 
         if CONF['hasUPX']:
             self.upx_binaries = kws.get('upx', False)
@@ -650,6 +651,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kws):
             elif isinstance(arg, Target):
                 self.toc.append((os.path.basename(arg.name), arg.name, arg.typ))
                 if isinstance(arg, EXE):
+                    self.console = arg.console
                     for tocnm, fnm, typ in arg.toc:
                         if tocnm == os.path.basename(arg.name) + ".manifest":
                             self.toc.append((tocnm, fnm, typ))
diff --git a/PyInstaller/building/osx.py b/PyInstaller/building/osx.py
index 4dec9925426..e1614dc16a8 100644
--- a/PyInstaller/building/osx.py
+++ b/PyInstaller/building/osx.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kws):
         self.toc = TOC()
         self.strip = False
         self.upx = False
+        self.console = True
 
         # .app bundle identifier for Code Signing
         self.bundle_identifier = kws.get('bundle_identifier')
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kws):
                 self.toc.extend(arg.dependencies)
                 self.strip = arg.strip
                 self.upx = arg.upx
+                self.console = arg.console
             elif isinstance(arg, TOC):
                 self.toc.extend(arg)
                 # TOC doesn't have a strip or upx attribute, so there is no way for us to
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kws):
                 self.toc.extend(arg.toc)
                 self.strip = arg.strip_binaries
                 self.upx = arg.upx_binaries
+                self.console = arg.console
             else:
                 logger.info("unsupported entry %s", arg.__class__.__name__)
         # Now, find values for app filepath (name), app name (appname), and name
@@ -137,20 +140,16 @@ def assemble(self):
                            "CFBundlePackageType": "APPL",
                            "CFBundleShortVersionString": self.version,
 
-                           # Setting this to 1 will cause Mac OS X *not* to show
-                           # a dock icon for the PyInstaller process which
-                           # decompresses the real executable's contents. As a
-                           # side effect, the main application doesn't get one
-                           # as well, but at startup time the loader will take
-                           # care of transforming the process type.
-                           "LSBackgroundOnly": False,
-
                            }
 
         # Merge info_plist settings from spec file
         if isinstance(self.info_plist, dict) and self.info_plist:
             info_plist_dict.update(self.info_plist)
 
+        # Setting EXE console=True implicitely sets LSBackgroundOnly to True
+        if self.console:
+            info_plist_dict['LSBackgroundOnly'] = True
+
         plist_filename = os.path.join(self.name, "Contents", "Info.plist")
         try:
             # python >= 3.4