diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.c b/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.c
index fc3737fb..a0815301 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.c
@@ -979,7 +979,10 @@ fe_open_url_inner (const char *url)
 #ifdef WIN32
 	ShellExecute (0, "open", url, NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
 #elif defined __APPLE__
-	try_browser ("open", NULL, url);				/* on Mac you can just 'open http://foo.bar/' */
+	/* on Mac you can just 'open http://foo.bar/' */
+	gchar open[512];
+	g_snprinf (open, sizeof(open), "%s %s", g_find_program_in_path ("open"), url, NULL);
+	hexchat_exec (open);
 #else
 	gtk_show_uri (NULL, url, GDK_CURRENT_TIME, NULL);
 #endif