diff --git a/basis/ui/backend/cocoa/views/views.factor b/basis/ui/backend/cocoa/views/views.factor
index 38dd21c10d..7ea60f1379 100644
--- a/basis/ui/backend/cocoa/views/views.factor
+++ b/basis/ui/backend/cocoa/views/views.factor
@@ -305,6 +305,10 @@ CLASS: FactorView < NSOpenGLView NSTextInput
 
     METHOD: NSInteger conversationIdentifier [ self alien-address ]
 
+    METHOD: void prepareOpenGL [
+        self 1 -> setWantsBestResolutionOpenGLSurface:
+    ]
+
     ! Initialization
     METHOD: void updateFactorGadgetSize: id notification
     [