diff --git a/Source/Examples/ExampleBrowser.cs b/Source/Examples/ExampleBrowser.cs
index 5e618a76..5c81e4f9 100644
--- a/Source/Examples/ExampleBrowser.cs
+++ b/Source/Examples/ExampleBrowser.cs
@@ -425,7 +425,10 @@ namespace Examples
                         Trace.Listeners.Add(dbg);
                         Trace.Listeners.Add(new ConsoleTraceListener());
 
-                        _main.Invoke(null, null);
+                        using (OpenTK.Toolkit.Init())
+                        {
+                            _main.Invoke(null, null);
+                        }
 
                         dbg.Flush();
                         dbg.Close();
diff --git a/Source/Examples/Main.cs b/Source/Examples/Main.cs
index 71d84d8c..0ab8b7b1 100644
--- a/Source/Examples/Main.cs
+++ b/Source/Examples/Main.cs
@@ -37,14 +37,26 @@ namespace Examples
 {
     static class Program
     {
+        static void EnableOpenTKHack()
+        {
+            // If OpenTK is not initialized before Windows.Forms,
+            // the program will crash on Mac OS X. This hack will
+            // enable OpenTK in a temporary AppDomain before entering
+            // the main program - this appears to be enough.
+            var domain = AppDomain.CreateDomain("sandbox");
+            domain.DoCallBack(() => {
+                using (OpenTK.Toolkit.Init())
+                {
+                }
+            });
+        }
+
         [STAThread]
         public static void Main()
         {
             try
             {
-                // This seems to be useful enough to leave in for a while.
-                TextWriterTraceListener console = new TextWriterTraceListener(System.Console.Out);
-                Trace.Listeners.Add (console);
+                EnableOpenTKHack();
 
                 Application.EnableVisualStyles();
                 Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);