diff --git a/Mac/BuildScript/scripts/postflight.patch-profile b/Mac/BuildScript/scripts/postflight.patch-profile
index d9ff3284780..a66b8c787ac 100755
--- a/Mac/BuildScript/scripts/postflight.patch-profile
+++ b/Mac/BuildScript/scripts/postflight.patch-profile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ fi
 # Make sure the directory ${PYTHON_ROOT}/bin is on the users PATH.
 BSH="`basename "${theShell}"`"
 case "${BSH}" in
-bash|ksh|sh|*csh)
+bash|ksh|sh|*csh|zsh)
 	if [ `id -ur` = 0 ]; then
 		P=`su - ${USER} -c 'echo A-X-4-X@@$PATH@@X-4-X-A' | grep 'A-X-4-X@@.*@@X-4-X-A' | sed -e 's/^A-X-4-X@@//g' -e 's/@@X-4-X-A$//g'`
 	else
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ bash)
 		PR="${HOME}/.bash_profile"
 	fi
 	;;
+zsh)
+        PR="${HOME}/.zprofile"
+        ;;
 *sh)
 	PR="${HOME}/.profile"
 	;;
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 33dc1f15a49..083fc530d45 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -377,6 +377,11 @@ Build
   of the ``2to3`` tool, that is you can use ``2to3-2.7`` to select the Python
   2.7 edition of 2to3.
 
+- Issue #9701: The MacOSX installer can patch the shell profile to ensure that
+  the "bin" directory inside the framework is on the shell's search path. This
+  feature now also supports the ZSH shell.
+
+
 Tests
 -----