diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 355024bbb..ca6037579 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Enhancements:
 - #6998 Remove functionality related to the screen saver synchronisation
 - #7026 Update the way we package OpenSSL for Windows build
 - #7037 Add Ubuntu 21.04 build
+- #7030 Add user nofication for secure input on Mac
 ===========
 
 v1.14.0-stable
diff --git a/src/gui/src/MainWindow.cpp b/src/gui/src/MainWindow.cpp
index 58e08cc9c..e89aad348 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/src/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -328,6 +328,42 @@ void MainWindow::saveSettings()
     GUI::Config::ConfigWriter::make()->globalSave();
 }
 
+void MainWindow::checkSystemInterruptions()
+{
+    if(synergyType() == synergyServer)
+    {
+#if defined(Q_OS_MAC)
+        if(!isOSXSecureInputEnabled())
+        {
+            m_isSecureInputNotificationShown = false;
+        }
+        else if(!m_isSecureInputNotificationShown)
+        {
+            // avoid showing multiple duplicate messages
+            m_isSecureInputNotificationShown = true;
+
+            QMessageBox message(this);
+            message.addButton(QObject::tr("Accept"), QMessageBox::AcceptRole);
+            std::string messageText =
+                    "Secure input was enabled in your system by another application. " \
+                    "Synergy will not be able to send keyboard strokes while the secure input is enabled\n\n";
+            int secureInputProcessPID = getOSXSecureInputEventPID();
+            std::string infringingProcessName = getOSXProcessName(secureInputProcessPID);
+
+            // IO registry may not contain the secure input process PID
+            // in this case don't add an option to quit the infringing app
+            if(secureInputProcessPID == 0) infringingProcessName = "unknown";
+            else message.addButton(QString("Quit %1").arg(infringingProcessName.c_str()), QMessageBox::ApplyRole);
+            messageText += "Infringing process is " + infringingProcessName;
+            message.setText(QObject::tr(messageText.c_str()));
+
+            // if user decides to stop the app send the SIGTERM signal
+            if (message.exec() == QMessageBox::Accepted && secureInputProcessPID) kill(secureInputProcessPID, SIGTERM);
+        }
+#endif
+    }
+}
+
 void MainWindow::zeroConfToggled() {
 #if !defined(SYNERGY_ENTERPRISE) && defined(SYNERGY_AUTOCONFIG)
     updateZeroconfService();
@@ -707,6 +743,7 @@ void MainWindow::startSynergy()
         connect(synergyProcess(), SIGNAL(finished(int, QProcess::ExitStatus)), this, SLOT(synergyFinished(int, QProcess::ExitStatus)));
         connect(synergyProcess(), SIGNAL(readyReadStandardOutput()), this, SLOT(logOutput()));
         connect(synergyProcess(), SIGNAL(readyReadStandardError()), this, SLOT(logError()));
+        connect(&m_systemInterruptionCheckTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(checkSystemInterruptions()));
     }
 
     qDebug() << args;
@@ -1024,6 +1061,7 @@ void MainWindow::setSynergyState(qSynergyState state)
         connect (m_pButtonToggleStart, SIGNAL(clicked()), m_pActionStopSynergy, SLOT(trigger()));
         m_pButtonToggleStart->setText(tr("&Stop"));
         m_pButtonApply->setEnabled(true);
+        m_systemInterruptionCheckTimer.start(5000); // check every 5 seconds
     }
     else if (state == synergyDisconnected)
     {
@@ -1031,6 +1069,7 @@ void MainWindow::setSynergyState(qSynergyState state)
         connect (m_pButtonToggleStart, SIGNAL(clicked()), m_pActionStartSynergy, SLOT(trigger()));
         m_pButtonToggleStart->setText(tr("&Start"));
         m_pButtonApply->setEnabled(false);
+        m_systemInterruptionCheckTimer.stop();
     }
 
     bool running = false;
diff --git a/src/gui/src/MainWindow.h b/src/gui/src/MainWindow.h
index f21775da4..e88803cf3 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/MainWindow.h
+++ b/src/gui/src/MainWindow.h
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ public slots:
         void logError();
         void updateFound(const QString& version);
         void saveSettings();
+        void checkSystemInterruptions();
 
         /// @brief Receives the signal that the auto config option has changed
         void zeroConfToggled();
@@ -246,6 +247,11 @@ public slots:
         QString             m_SecureSocketVersion;      // brief Contains the version of the Secure Socket currently active
         ServerConnection    m_serverConnection;
         ClientConnection    m_clientConnection;
+        QTimer              m_systemInterruptionCheckTimer; // Timer used for sceduling a task for detecting the system
+                                                            // operations preventing the Synergy from working properly
+#if defined(Q_OS_MAC)
+        bool                m_isSecureInputNotificationShown = false;
+#endif
 
         void                updateAutoConfigWidgets();
         
diff --git a/src/gui/src/OSXHelpers.h b/src/gui/src/OSXHelpers.h
index 6f79c5162..246bead75 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/OSXHelpers.h
+++ b/src/gui/src/OSXHelpers.h
@@ -19,12 +19,17 @@
 
 #define OSXHELPERS__H
 
+#include <string>
+
 enum class IconsTheme {
     ICONS_DARK,
     ICONS_LIGHT,
     ICONS_TEMPLATE
 };
 
+bool isOSXSecureInputEnabled();
+int getOSXSecureInputEventPID();
+std::string getOSXProcessName(int pid);
 bool isOSXInterfaceStyleDark();
 IconsTheme getOSXIconsTheme();
 
diff --git a/src/gui/src/OSXHelpers.mm b/src/gui/src/OSXHelpers.mm
index a58d620a0..7cd319daf 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/OSXHelpers.mm
+++ b/src/gui/src/OSXHelpers.mm
@@ -20,6 +20,77 @@
 #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
 #import <CoreData/CoreData.h>
 #import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
+#import <base/Log.h>
+
+#import <Carbon/Carbon.h>
+#import <mach/mach_port.h>
+#import <mach/mach_interface.h>
+#import <mach/mach_init.h>
+#import <IOKit/IOMessage.h>
+#import <IOKit/IOKitLib.h>
+#import <libproc.h>
+
+
+bool
+isOSXSecureInputEnabled()
+{
+    return IsSecureEventInputEnabled();
+}
+
+int
+getOSXSecureInputEventPID()
+{
+    io_service_t		service = MACH_PORT_NULL, service_root = MACH_PORT_NULL;
+    mach_port_t			masterPort;
+
+    kern_return_t kr = IOMasterPort( MACH_PORT_NULL, &masterPort );
+    if(kr != KERN_SUCCESS) return 0;
+
+    // IO registry refuses to tap into the root level directly
+    // as a workaround access the parent of the top user level
+    service = IORegistryEntryFromPath( masterPort, kIOServicePlane ":/" );
+    IORegistryEntryGetParentEntry(service, kIOServicePlane, &service_root);
+
+    std::unique_ptr<std::remove_pointer<CFTypeRef>::type, decltype(&CFRelease)> consoleUsers(
+        IORegistryEntrySearchCFProperty(service_root, kIOServicePlane, CFSTR("IOConsoleUsers"), NULL, kIORegistryIterateParents | kIORegistryIterateRecursively),
+        CFRelease
+    );
+    if(!consoleUsers) return 0;
+
+    CFTypeID type = CFGetTypeID(consoleUsers.get());
+    if(type != CFArrayGetTypeID()) return 0;
+
+    CFTypeRef dict = CFArrayGetValueAtIndex((CFArrayRef)consoleUsers.get(), 0);
+    if(!dict) return 0;
+
+    type = CFGetTypeID(dict);
+    if(type != CFDictionaryGetTypeID()) return 0;
+
+    CFTypeRef secureInputPID = nullptr;
+    CFDictionaryGetValueIfPresent((CFDictionaryRef)dict, CFSTR("kCGSSessionSecureInputPID"), &secureInputPID);
+
+    if(secureInputPID == nullptr) return 0;
+
+    type = CFGetTypeID(secureInputPID);
+    if(type != CFNumberGetTypeID()) return 0;
+
+    auto pidRef = (CFNumberRef)secureInputPID;
+    CFNumberType numberType = CFNumberGetType(pidRef);
+    if(numberType != kCFNumberSInt32Type) return 0;
+
+    int pid;
+    CFNumberGetValue(pidRef, kCFNumberSInt32Type, &pid);
+    return pid;
+}
+
+std::string
+getOSXProcessName(int pid)
+{
+    if(!pid) return "";
+    char buf[128];
+    proc_name(pid, buf, sizeof(buf));
+    return buf;
+}
 
 bool
 isOSXInterfaceStyleDark()