diff --git a/modules/gui/qt4/components/playlist/selector.cpp b/modules/gui/qt4/components/playlist/selector.cpp
index 8b49d49b382b76a7f10a9ad3c1962f153e8a407c..fcd4ae7a060b46e927b80839ed12fde02af9dffa 100644
--- a/modules/gui/qt4/components/playlist/selector.cpp
+++ b/modules/gui/qt4/components/playlist/selector.cpp
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ PLSelector::PLSelector( QWidget *p, intf_thread_t *_p_intf )
 {
     /* Properties */
     setFrameStyle( QFrame::NoFrame );
+    setAttribute( Qt::WA_MacShowFocusRect, false );
     viewport()->setAutoFillBackground( false );
     setIconSize( QSize( 24,24 ) );
     setIndentation( 12 );
diff --git a/modules/gui/qt4/components/playlist/standardpanel.cpp b/modules/gui/qt4/components/playlist/standardpanel.cpp
index e7c15b2bcfda88cce7ca729d35cdf8357ff0d6c0..9ab59928706482ffa0181f8f84ed631a2697dcd2 100644
--- a/modules/gui/qt4/components/playlist/standardpanel.cpp
+++ b/modules/gui/qt4/components/playlist/standardpanel.cpp
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ void StandardPLPanel::createTreeView()
     treeView->setAnimated( true );
     treeView->setUniformRowHeights( true );
     treeView->setSortingEnabled( true );
+    treeView->setAttribute( Qt::WA_MacShowFocusRect, false );
     treeView->header()->setSortIndicator( -1 , Qt::AscendingOrder );
     treeView->header()->setSortIndicatorShown( true );
     treeView->header()->setClickable( true );
diff --git a/modules/gui/qt4/components/playlist/views.cpp b/modules/gui/qt4/components/playlist/views.cpp
index 3af0233ea73260cc6bbabb5afd52c167ffc722f1..2888703cdc29bc7ced9e84f5498b59b0aab6f75c 100644
--- a/modules/gui/qt4/components/playlist/views.cpp
+++ b/modules/gui/qt4/components/playlist/views.cpp
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ PlIconView::PlIconView( PLModel *model, QWidget *parent ) : QListView( parent )
     setUniformItemSizes( true );
     setSelectionMode( QAbstractItemView::ExtendedSelection );
     setDragEnabled(true);
+    setAttribute( Qt::WA_MacShowFocusRect, false );
     /* dropping in QListView::IconMode does not seem to work */
     //setAcceptDrops( true );
     //setDropIndicatorShown(true);
@@ -326,6 +327,7 @@ PlListView::PlListView( PLModel *model, QWidget *parent ) : QListView( parent )
 
     PlListViewItemDelegate *delegate = new PlListViewItemDelegate( this );
     setItemDelegate( delegate );
+    setAttribute( Qt::WA_MacShowFocusRect, false );
 }
 
 void PlListView::startDrag ( Qt::DropActions supportedActions )