diff --git a/src/osx/cocoa/button.mm b/src/osx/cocoa/button.mm
index f38947d96f..94028be063 100644
--- a/src/osx/cocoa/button.mm
+++ b/src/osx/cocoa/button.mm
@@ -37,6 +37,18 @@
     }
 }
 
+- (id) initWithFrame:(NSRect) frame
+{
+    self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
+
+    // NSButton uses "Button" as its title by default which is inconvenient as
+    // wxWidgets expects the control to not have any default label, so reset it
+    // here to resolve this mismatch.
+    [self setTitle:@""];
+
+    return self;
+}
+
 - (int) intValue
 {
     switch ( [self state] )