diff --git a/src/cocoa/window.mm b/src/cocoa/window.mm
index 525a430cc0..d5758c1a5e 100644
--- a/src/cocoa/window.mm
+++ b/src/cocoa/window.mm
@@ -384,6 +384,9 @@ wxWindow::~wxWindow()
 
 void wxWindowCocoa::CocoaAddChild(wxWindowCocoa *child)
 {
+    // Pool here due to lack of one during wx init phase
+    wxAutoNSAutoreleasePool pool;
+
     NSView *childView = child->GetNSViewForSuperview();
 
     wxASSERT(childView);
@@ -1294,6 +1297,9 @@ void wxCocoaTrackingRectManager::StopSynthesizingEvents()
 
 void wxCocoaTrackingRectManager::BuildTrackingRect()
 {
+    // Pool here due to lack of one during wx init phase
+    wxAutoNSAutoreleasePool pool;
+
     wxASSERT_MSG(!m_isTrackingRectActive, wxT("Tracking rect was not cleared"));
     if([m_window->GetNSView() window] != nil)
     {