diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/Decimating/decimaterviewer.cc b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/Decimating/decimaterviewer.cc
index 303973b7..fae19010 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/Decimating/decimaterviewer.cc
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/Decimating/decimaterviewer.cc
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   QApplication::setColorSpec( QApplication::CustomColor );
   QApplication app(argc,argv);
   
+#if !defined(__APPLE__)
   glutInit(&argc,argv);
+#endif
 
   if ( !QGLFormat::hasOpenGL() ) {
     QString msg = "System has no OpenGL support!";
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/QtViewer/meshviewer.cc b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/QtViewer/meshviewer.cc
index 6f183e82..e1bc9071 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/QtViewer/meshviewer.cc
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/QtViewer/meshviewer.cc
@@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   // OpenGL check
   QApplication::setColorSpec( QApplication::CustomColor );
   QApplication app(argc,argv);
-
+#if !defined(__APPLE__)
   glutInit(&argc,argv);
+#endif
 
   if ( !QGLFormat::hasOpenGL() ) {
     QString msg = "System has no OpenGL support!";
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/Subdivider/qtsubdivider.cc b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/Subdivider/qtsubdivider.cc
index ab07b06f..88c4cb20 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/Subdivider/qtsubdivider.cc
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/Subdivider/qtsubdivider.cc
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   QApplication::setColorSpec( QApplication::CustomColor );
   QApplication app(argc,argv);
 
+#if !defined(__APPLE__)
   glutInit(&argc,argv);
+#endif
 
   if ( !QGLFormat::hasOpenGL() ) {
     QString msg = "System has no OpenGL support!";
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/VDProgMesh/Synthesizer/vdpmsynthesizer.cc b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/VDProgMesh/Synthesizer/vdpmsynthesizer.cc
index ceaddc14..795a241e 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/VDProgMesh/Synthesizer/vdpmsynthesizer.cc
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/VDProgMesh/Synthesizer/vdpmsynthesizer.cc
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   QApplication::setColorSpec( QApplication::CustomColor );
   QApplication app(argc,argv);
 
+#if !defined(__APPLE__)
   glutInit(&argc,argv);
+#endif
 
   if ( !QGLFormat::hasOpenGL() ) {
     std::cerr << "This system has no OpenGL support.\n";