diff --git a/interface/wx/filedlg.h b/interface/wx/filedlg.h
index 022686a6b8..9a0e60efd8 100644
--- a/interface/wx/filedlg.h
+++ b/interface/wx/filedlg.h
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ const char wxFileSelectorDefaultWildcardStr[];
     @style{wxFD_NO_FOLLOW}
            Directs the dialog to return the path and file name of the selected
            shortcut file, not its target as it does by default. Currently this
-           flag is only implemented in wxMSW and the non-dereferenced link path
+           flag is only implemented in wxMSW and wxOSX (where it prevents
+           aliases from being resolved). The non-dereferenced link path
            is always returned, even without this flag, under Unix and so using
            it there doesn't do anything. This flag was added in wxWidgets
            3.1.0.
diff --git a/src/osx/cocoa/filedlg.mm b/src/osx/cocoa/filedlg.mm
index 6a43696b12..e31aa828a7 100644
--- a/src/osx/cocoa/filedlg.mm
+++ b/src/osx/cocoa/filedlg.mm
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ void wxFileDialog::ShowWindowModal()
 
         [oPanel setTreatsFilePackagesAsDirectories:NO];
         [oPanel setCanChooseDirectories:NO];
-        [oPanel setResolvesAliases:YES];
+        [oPanel setResolvesAliases:HasFlag(wxFD_NO_FOLLOW) ? NO : YES];
         [oPanel setCanChooseFiles:YES];
         [oPanel setMessage:cf.AsNSString()];
         [oPanel setAllowsMultipleSelection: (HasFlag(wxFD_MULTIPLE) ? YES : NO )];
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ int wxFileDialog::ShowModal()
                 
         [oPanel setTreatsFilePackagesAsDirectories:NO];
         [oPanel setCanChooseDirectories:NO];
-        [oPanel setResolvesAliases:YES];
+        [oPanel setResolvesAliases:HasFlag(wxFD_NO_FOLLOW) ? NO : YES];
         [oPanel setCanChooseFiles:YES];
         [oPanel setMessage:cf.AsNSString()];
         [oPanel setAllowsMultipleSelection: (HasFlag(wxFD_MULTIPLE) ? YES : NO )];