diff --git a/SampleDownloader/DirectoryDelegate.cpp b/SampleDownloader/DirectoryDelegate.cpp
index f64e98703..c5a765401 100644
--- a/SampleDownloader/DirectoryDelegate.cpp
+++ b/SampleDownloader/DirectoryDelegate.cpp
@@ -14,28 +14,42 @@ void DirectoryDelegate::paint (QPainter * painter, QStyleOptionViewItem const& o
 {
   if (1 == index.column ())
     {
-      QStyleOptionProgressBar progress_bar_option;
-      progress_bar_option.rect = option.rect;
-      progress_bar_option.state = QStyle::State_Enabled;
-      progress_bar_option.direction = QApplication::layoutDirection ();
-      progress_bar_option.fontMetrics = QApplication::fontMetrics ();
-      progress_bar_option.minimum = 0;
-      progress_bar_option.maximum = 100;
       auto progress = index.data ().toLongLong ();
+      qint64 percent;
       if (progress > 0)
         {
-          auto percent = int (progress * 100 / index.data (Qt::UserRole).toLongLong ());
-          progress_bar_option.progress = percent;
-          progress_bar_option.text = QString::number (percent) + '%';
-          progress_bar_option.textVisible = true;
-          progress_bar_option.textAlignment = Qt::AlignCenter;
+          percent = int (progress * 100 / index.data (Qt::UserRole).toLongLong ());
+        }
+#if !defined (Q_OS_DARWIN)
+      QStyleOptionProgressBar progress_option;
+      auto control_element = QStyle::CE_ProgressBar;
+      progress_option.minimum = 0;
+      progress_option.maximum = 100;
+      progress_option.textAlignment = Qt::AlignCenter;
+      if (progress > 0)
+        {
+          progress_option.progress = percent;
+          progress_option.textVisible = true;
         }
       else
         {
           // not started
-          progress_bar_option.progress = -1;
+          progress_option.progress = -1;
         }
-      QApplication::style ()->drawControl (QStyle::CE_ProgressBar, &progress_bar_option, painter);
+#else
+      // workaround for broken QProgressBar item delegates on macOS
+      QStyleOptionViewItem progress_option;
+      auto control_element = QStyle::CE_ItemViewItem;
+      progress_option.displayAlignment = Qt::AlignLeft;
+      progress_option.index = index;
+      progress_option.features = QStyleOptionViewItem::HasDisplay;
+#endif
+      progress_option.rect = option.rect;
+      progress_option.state = QStyle::State_Enabled;
+      progress_option.direction = QApplication::layoutDirection ();
+      progress_option.fontMetrics = QApplication::fontMetrics ();
+      progress_option.text = QString::number (progress > 0 ? percent : 0) + '%';
+      QApplication::style ()->drawControl (control_element, &progress_option, painter);
     }
   else
     {