diff --git a/basis/ui/backend/cocoa/views/views.factor b/basis/ui/backend/cocoa/views/views.factor
index 25b43594ed..2f8bcbd872 100644
--- a/basis/ui/backend/cocoa/views/views.factor
+++ b/basis/ui/backend/cocoa/views/views.factor
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ CLASS: FactorView < NSOpenGLView
     COCOA-PROTOCOL: NSTextInput
 
     METHOD: void prepareOpenGL [
+        self SUPER-> prepareOpenGL
 
         self SEL: setWantsBestResolutionOpenGLSurface:
         -> respondsToSelector: c-bool> [