diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.c b/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.c
index a523d63b..f762efe3 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.c
@@ -1050,6 +1050,8 @@ 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/' */
 #else
 	/* universal desktop URL opener (from xdg-utils). Supports gnome,kde,xfce4. */
 	if (try_browser ("xdg-open", NULL, url))