diff --git a/electron-builder.yml b/electron-builder.yml
index 8efc97641..e4a741f1a 100644
--- a/electron-builder.yml
+++ b/electron-builder.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ files:
 - gui/main.js
 - gui/node_modules
 - gui/ports.js
+- gui/scripts/**
 - package.json
+asarUnpack:
+- gui/scripts/**
 directories:
   buildResources: gui/assets
 win:
diff --git a/gui/js/shortcut.js b/gui/js/shortcut.js
index 2589e42d8..542048df2 100644
--- a/gui/js/shortcut.js
+++ b/gui/js/shortcut.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 const lnk = require('lnk')
 const os = require('os')
 const path = require('path')
-const url = require('url')
 const childProcess = require('child_process')
 
 const log = require('../../core/app').logger({
@@ -28,9 +27,16 @@ const execSync = (cmd) => {
   log.debug(output)
 }
 
-const sfltoolAddFavorite = (path) => {
-  const item = url.resolve('file://', path)
-  execSync(`sfltool add-item com.apple.LSSharedFileList.FavoriteItems ${item}`)
+function quotePath (path) {
+  return `"${path.replace(/"/g, '\\"')}"`
+}
+
+const macosAddFavoriteScript = path
+  .resolve(__dirname, '../scripts/macos-add-favorite.py')
+  .replace('/app.asar/', '/app.asar.unpacked/')
+
+const macosAddFavorite = (path) => {
+  execSync(`/usr/bin/python ${quotePath(macosAddFavoriteScript)} ${quotePath(path)}`)
 }
 
 // For Darwin <=> macOS version mapping, see:
@@ -44,9 +50,8 @@ module.exports.addFileManagerShortcut = (config) => {
     win10PinToHome(config.syncPath)
   } else if (platform === 'win32' && major >= 6) {
     winAddLink(config.syncPath)
-  } else if (platform === 'darwin' && major >= 15) {
-    // sfltool is available since 10.11 (El Capitan)
-    sfltoolAddFavorite(config.syncPath)
+  } else if (platform === 'darwin') {
+    macosAddFavorite(config.syncPath)
   } else {
     throw new Error(`Not registering shortcut on ${platform} ${major}`)
   }
diff --git a/gui/scripts/macos-add-favorite.py b/gui/scripts/macos-add-favorite.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f4dcb42cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/scripts/macos-add-favorite.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+from Cocoa import NSURL
+from CoreFoundation import CFArrayGetCount, CFArrayGetValueAtIndex, kCFAllocatorDefault
+from Foundation import NSBundle
+from LaunchServices import kLSSharedFileListFavoriteItems
+from objc import loadBundleFunctions
+from sys import argv
+
+# For some reason, these functions cannot be imported directly and must be
+# manually loaded from the SharedFileList bundle
+SFL_bundle = NSBundle.bundleWithIdentifier_('com.apple.coreservices.SharedFileList')
+functions = [
+    ('LSSharedFileListCreate', '^{OpaqueLSSharedFileListRef=}^{__CFAllocator=}^{__CFString=}@'),
+    ('LSSharedFileListCopySnapshot', '^{__CFArray=}^{OpaqueLSSharedFileListRef=}o^I'),
+    ('LSSharedFileListInsertItemURL', '^{OpaqueLSSharedFileListItemRef=}^{OpaqueLSSharedFileListRef=}^{OpaqueLSSharedFileListItemRef=}^{__CFString=}^{OpaqueIconRef=}^{__CFURL=}^{__CFDictionary=}^{__CFArray=}'),
+    ('kLSSharedFileListItemBeforeFirst', '^{OpaqueLSSharedFileListItemRef=}'),
+]
+loadBundleFunctions(SFL_bundle, globals(), functions)
+
+# The path to added to the Finder's favorites
+path = argv[1]
+
+# Make it an URL object (which is a valid favorite item)
+item = NSURL.alloc().initFileURLWithPath_(path)
+
+# Retrieve the favorite items list
+favorite_items = LSSharedFileListCreate(kCFAllocatorDefault,
+                                        kLSSharedFileListFavoriteItems, None)
+
+# Add the item to the top of the list
+LSSharedFileListInsertItemURL(favorite_items, kLSSharedFileListItemBeforeFirst,
+                              None, None, item, None, None)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 503243081..75e2b1e09 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "CozyDrive",
   "productName": "Cozy Drive",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "3.8.0-beta.1",
+  "version": "3.8.1-alpha.5",
   "description": "Cozy Drive is a synchronization tool for your files and folders with Cozy Cloud.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/cozy-labs/cozy-desktop",
   "author": "Cozy Cloud <contact@cozycloud.cc> (https://cozycloud.cc/)",