diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorview.cpp
index e046eceb647..98df2867fc2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorview.cpp
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ PropertyEditorView::PropertyEditorView(QWidget *parent) :
 {
     m_qmlDir = PropertyEditorQmlBackend::propertyEditorResourcesPath();
 
-    m_updateShortcut = new QShortcut(QKeySequence(Qt::CTRL + Qt::Key_F3), m_stackedWidget);
+    if (Utils::HostOsInfo().isMacHost())
+        m_updateShortcut = new QShortcut(QKeySequence(Qt::ALT + Qt::Key_F3), m_stackedWidget);
+    else
+        m_updateShortcut = new QShortcut(QKeySequence(Qt::CTRL + Qt::Key_F3), m_stackedWidget);
     connect(m_updateShortcut, &QShortcut::activated, this, &PropertyEditorView::reloadQml);
 
     m_stackedWidget->setStyleSheet(Theme::replaceCssColors(