diff --git a/Source/OpenTK/Platform/MacOS/Application.cs b/Source/OpenTK/Platform/MacOS/Application.cs
index ba2ccdc4..5c649787 100644
--- a/Source/OpenTK/Platform/MacOS/Application.cs
+++ b/Source/OpenTK/Platform/MacOS/Application.cs
@@ -40,8 +40,21 @@ namespace OpenTK.Platform.MacOS.Carbon
             API.Gestalt(GestaltSelector.SystemVersionBugFix, out osBugfix);
 
             Debug.Print("Running on Mac OS X {0}.{1}.{2}.", osMajor, osMinor, osBugfix);
+
+			TransformProcessToForeground();
         }
 
+		private static void TransformProcessToForeground()
+		{
+			Carbon.ProcessSerialNumber psn = new ProcessSerialNumber();
+
+			Debug.Print("Setting process to be foreground application.");
+
+			API.GetCurrentProcess(ref psn);
+			API.TransformProcessType(ref psn, ProcessApplicationTransformState.kProcessTransformToForegroundApplication);
+			API.SetFrontProcess(ref psn);
+		}
+
         internal static CarbonGLNative WindowEventHandler
         {
             get { return eventHandler; }
diff --git a/Source/OpenTK/Platform/MacOS/CarbonBindings/CarbonAPI.cs b/Source/OpenTK/Platform/MacOS/CarbonBindings/CarbonAPI.cs
index 1e7bc61a..117dc84f 100644
--- a/Source/OpenTK/Platform/MacOS/CarbonBindings/CarbonAPI.cs
+++ b/Source/OpenTK/Platform/MacOS/CarbonBindings/CarbonAPI.cs
@@ -388,8 +388,22 @@ namespace OpenTK.Platform.MacOS.Carbon
     };
 
     #endregion
+	#region --- Process Manager ---
 
-    enum HICoordinateSpace 
+	enum ProcessApplicationTransformState : int
+	{
+		kProcessTransformToForegroundApplication = 1,
+	}
+
+	struct ProcessSerialNumber
+	{
+		public ulong high;
+		public ulong low;
+	}
+
+	#endregion
+
+	enum HICoordinateSpace 
     {
         _72DPIGlobal      = 1,
         ScreenPixel      = 2,
@@ -756,8 +770,18 @@ namespace OpenTK.Platform.MacOS.Carbon
         internal static extern void DisposeEventHandlerUPP(IntPtr userUPP);
 
         #endregion
+		#region --- Process Manager ---
 
-        [DllImport(carbon)]
+		[DllImport(carbon)]
+		internal static extern int TransformProcessType(ref Carbon.ProcessSerialNumber psn, ProcessApplicationTransformState type);
+		[DllImport(carbon)]
+		internal static extern int GetCurrentProcess(ref Carbon.ProcessSerialNumber psn);
+		[DllImport(carbon)]
+		internal static extern int SetFrontProcess(ref Carbon.ProcessSerialNumber psn);
+
+		#endregion
+
+		[DllImport(carbon)]
         static extern IntPtr GetControlBounds(IntPtr control, out Rect bounds);
 
         internal static Rect GetControlBounds(IntPtr control)