diff --git a/packaging/osx/template.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenRA b/packaging/osx/template.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenRA
index 98406f50e8..5be9c55465 100755
--- a/packaging/osx/template.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenRA
+++ b/packaging/osx/template.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenRA
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ fi
 
 # Run the game
 cd "${GAME_PATH}"
-"${EXE_PATH}"mono --debug "OpenRA.Game.exe" Game.Mods=$MOD SupportDir=~/Library/"Application Support"/OpenRA
+"${EXE_PATH}"mono --debug "OpenRA.Game.exe" Game.Mods=$MOD Graphics.Renderer=Gl SupportDir=~/Library/"Application Support"/OpenRA
 
 # Did we crash?
 STATUS=$?