diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qcommandlinkbutton.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qcommandlinkbutton.cpp
index 74c5ec8d089..3ec11ed6318 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qcommandlinkbutton.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qcommandlinkbutton.cpp
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ void QCommandLinkButtonPrivate::init()
     Q_Q(QCommandLinkButton);
     QPushButtonPrivate::init();
     q->setAttribute(Qt::WA_Hover);
+    q->setAttribute(Qt::WA_MacShowFocusRect, false);
 
     QSizePolicy policy(QSizePolicy::Preferred, QSizePolicy::Preferred, QSizePolicy::PushButton);
     policy.setHeightForWidth(true);