diff --git a/build/osx/wxcocoa.xcconfig b/build/osx/wxcocoa.xcconfig
index a2d5082ab9..429a39b975 100644
--- a/build/osx/wxcocoa.xcconfig
+++ b/build/osx/wxcocoa.xcconfig
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ GCC_VERSION =
 
 ARCHS = i386 x86_64
 
-OTHER_LDFLAGS = -framework WebKit -framework IOKit -framework Carbon -framework Cocoa -framework AudioToolbox -framework OpenGL -framework AVFoundation -framework CoreMedia -framework Security -weak_framework AVKit
+OTHER_LDFLAGS = -framework WebKit -framework IOKit -framework Carbon -framework Cocoa -framework AudioToolbox -framework OpenGL -framework AVFoundation -framework CoreMedia -framework Security -framework QuartzCore -weak_framework AVKit
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index bdef4b6602..463a500b35 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -38269,7 +38269,7 @@ if test "$wxUSE_MAC" = 1 ; then
         if test "$wxUSE_OSX_IPHONE" = 1; then
             EXTRA_FRAMEWORKS="-framework IOKit -framework UIKit -framework CFNetwork -framework AudioToolbox -framework CoreFoundation -framework CoreGraphics -framework OpenGLES -framework Foundation -framework QuartzCore -framework GLKit -framework CoreText"
         else
-            EXTRA_FRAMEWORKS="-framework IOKit -framework Carbon -framework Cocoa -framework AudioToolbox -framework System -framework OpenGL"
+            EXTRA_FRAMEWORKS="-framework IOKit -framework Carbon -framework Cocoa -framework QuartzCore -framework AudioToolbox -framework System -framework OpenGL"
 
                                                                         if test "$wxUSE_MEDIACTRL" = "yes"; then
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 14883df326..c8b4eaeda5 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -8008,7 +8008,7 @@ if test "$wxUSE_MAC" = 1 ; then
         if test "$wxUSE_OSX_IPHONE" = 1; then
             EXTRA_FRAMEWORKS="-framework IOKit -framework UIKit -framework CFNetwork -framework AudioToolbox -framework CoreFoundation -framework CoreGraphics -framework OpenGLES -framework Foundation -framework QuartzCore -framework GLKit -framework CoreText"
         else
-            EXTRA_FRAMEWORKS="-framework IOKit -framework Carbon -framework Cocoa -framework AudioToolbox -framework System -framework OpenGL"
+            EXTRA_FRAMEWORKS="-framework IOKit -framework Carbon -framework Cocoa -framework QuartzCore -framework AudioToolbox -framework System -framework OpenGL"
 
             dnl The case of QuickTime framework is special: with Cocoa, we only
             dnl need it in 32 bit builds and not in 64 bit and, moreover,
diff --git a/src/osx/cocoa/window.mm b/src/osx/cocoa/window.mm
index f8a6739cd4..c7d0c7b338 100644
--- a/src/osx/cocoa/window.mm
+++ b/src/osx/cocoa/window.mm
@@ -884,6 +884,17 @@ static void SetDrawingEnabledIfFrozenRecursive(wxWidgetCocoaImpl *impl, bool ena
     [super viewDidMoveToWindow];
 }
 
+- (void) viewWillDraw
+{
+    if ( WX_IS_MACOS_AVAILABLE(11, 0) )
+    {
+        CALayer* layer = self.layer;
+        layer.contentsFormat = kCAContentsFormatRGBA8Uint;
+    }
+    
+    [super viewWillDraw];
+}
+
 @end // wxNSView
 
 // We need to adopt NSTextInputClient protocol in order to interpretKeyEvents: to work.