diff --git a/src/osx/cocoa/dirdlg.mm b/src/osx/cocoa/dirdlg.mm
index 065b554241..7d7dc66a21 100644
--- a/src/osx/cocoa/dirdlg.mm
+++ b/src/osx/cocoa/dirdlg.mm
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "wx/filename.h"
+#include "wx/evtloop.h"
 
 #include "wx/osx/private.h"
 
@@ -90,6 +91,8 @@ void wxDirDialog::ShowWindowModal()
 
 int wxDirDialog::ShowModal()
 {
+    wxCFEventLoopPauseIdleEvents pause;
+
     NSOpenPanel *oPanel = [NSOpenPanel openPanel];
     [oPanel setCanChooseDirectories:YES];
     [oPanel setResolvesAliases:YES];
diff --git a/src/osx/cocoa/filedlg.mm b/src/osx/cocoa/filedlg.mm
index d08d3a3c3e..6c3386e53f 100644
--- a/src/osx/cocoa/filedlg.mm
+++ b/src/osx/cocoa/filedlg.mm
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 #include "wx/filename.h"
 #include "wx/tokenzr.h"
+#include "wx/evtloop.h"
 
 #include "wx/osx/private.h"
 #include "wx/sysopt.h"
@@ -494,6 +495,8 @@ void wxFileDialog::SetupExtraControls(WXWindow nativeWindow)
 
 int wxFileDialog::ShowModal()
 {
+    wxCFEventLoopPauseIdleEvents pause;
+
     wxMacAutoreleasePool autoreleasepool;
     
     wxCFStringRef cf( m_message );