diff --git a/src/lerobot/cameras/realsense/camera_realsense.py b/src/lerobot/cameras/realsense/camera_realsense.py
index 6363cc0bc..e156e6d14 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/cameras/realsense/camera_realsense.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/cameras/realsense/camera_realsense.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Provides the RealSenseCamera class for capturing frames from Intel RealSense cam
 """
 
 import logging
+import sys
 import time
 from threading import Event, Lock, Thread
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ from ..utils import get_cv2_rotation
 from .configuration_realsense import RealSenseCameraConfig
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+pkg_name = "pyrealsense2-macosx" if sys.platform == "darwin" else "pyrealsense2"
 
 
 class RealSenseCamera(Camera):
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ class RealSenseCamera(Camera):
         Args:
             config: The configuration settings for the camera.
         """
-        require_package("pyrealsense2", extra="intelrealsense")
+        require_package(pkg_name, extra="intelrealsense", import_name="pyrealsense2")
         super().__init__(config)
 
         self.config = config
diff --git a/src/lerobot/utils/import_utils.py b/src/lerobot/utils/import_utils.py
index 1ec0b6375..bfa87fb86 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/utils/import_utils.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/utils/import_utils.py
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ _feetech_sdk_available = is_package_available("feetech-servo-sdk", import_name="
 _reachy2_sdk_available = is_package_available("reachy2_sdk")
 _can_available = is_package_available("python-can", "can")
 _unitree_sdk_available = is_package_available("unitree-sdk2py", "unitree_sdk2py")
-_pyrealsense2_available = is_package_available("pyrealsense2")
+_pyrealsense2_available = is_package_available("pyrealsense2") or is_package_available(
+    "pyrealsense2-macosx", import_name="pyrealsense2"
+)
 _zmq_available = is_package_available("pyzmq", import_name="zmq")
 _hebi_available = is_package_available("hebi-py", import_name="hebi")
 _teleop_available = is_package_available("teleop")