diff --git a/Mac/PythonLauncher/Info.plist.in b/Mac/PythonLauncher/Info.plist.in
index b7cddac0729fc2..7b524d78733a54 100644
--- a/Mac/PythonLauncher/Info.plist.in
+++ b/Mac/PythonLauncher/Info.plist.in
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 			<key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key>
 			<array>
 				<string>py</string>
-				<string>pyw</string>
 			</array>
 			<key>CFBundleTypeIconFile</key>
 			<string>PythonSource.icns</string>
@@ -21,6 +20,20 @@
 			<key>NSDocumentClass</key>
 			<string>MyDocument</string>
 		</dict>
+		<dict>
+			<key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key>
+			<array>
+				<string>pyw</string>
+			</array>
+			<key>CFBundleTypeIconFile</key>
+			<string>PythonSource.icns</string>
+			<key>CFBundleTypeName</key>
+			<string>Python GUI Script</string>
+			<key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
+			<string>Viewer</string>
+			<key>NSDocumentClass</key>
+			<string>MyDocument</string>
+		</dict>
 		<dict>
 			<key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key>
 			<array>
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2019-04-03-09-27-12.bpo-36516.HSyzlw.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2019-04-03-09-27-12.bpo-36516.HSyzlw.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6476cdc7dc78a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2019-04-03-09-27-12.bpo-36516.HSyzlw.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Let Python Launcher recognize pyw file as Python GUI Script file type correctly.
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