diff --git a/src/mac/app.cpp b/src/mac/app.cpp
index 39edccb181..3fd3606748 100644
--- a/src/mac/app.cpp
+++ b/src/mac/app.cpp
@@ -299,6 +299,8 @@ void wxApp::MacNewFile()
 	    // handling the quit event is not recommended by apple
 	    // rather using the quit apple event - which we do
 	    
+	    { kEventClassAppleEvent , kEventAppleEvent } ,
+	    
     	{ kEventClassMouse , kEventMouseDown } ,
 	} ;
 
@@ -428,6 +430,13 @@ pascal OSStatus wxAppEventHandler( EventHandlerCallRef handler , EventRef event
     	case kEventClassMouse :
     		result = MouseEventHandler( handler , event , data ) ;
     		break ;
+    	case kEventClassAppleEvent :
+    		{
+    			EventRecord rec ;
+    			wxMacConvertEventToRecord( event , &rec ) ;
+    			result = AEProcessAppleEvent( &rec ) ;
+    		}
+    		break ;
     	default :
     		break ;
     }
diff --git a/src/mac/carbon/app.cpp b/src/mac/carbon/app.cpp
index 39edccb181..3fd3606748 100644
--- a/src/mac/carbon/app.cpp
+++ b/src/mac/carbon/app.cpp
@@ -299,6 +299,8 @@ void wxApp::MacNewFile()
 	    // handling the quit event is not recommended by apple
 	    // rather using the quit apple event - which we do
 	    
+	    { kEventClassAppleEvent , kEventAppleEvent } ,
+	    
     	{ kEventClassMouse , kEventMouseDown } ,
 	} ;
 
@@ -428,6 +430,13 @@ pascal OSStatus wxAppEventHandler( EventHandlerCallRef handler , EventRef event
     	case kEventClassMouse :
     		result = MouseEventHandler( handler , event , data ) ;
     		break ;
+    	case kEventClassAppleEvent :
+    		{
+    			EventRecord rec ;
+    			wxMacConvertEventToRecord( event , &rec ) ;
+    			result = AEProcessAppleEvent( &rec ) ;
+    		}
+    		break ;
     	default :
     		break ;
     }