diff --git a/libobs-opengl/gl-stagesurf.c b/libobs-opengl/gl-stagesurf.c
index 6415f3852..7f03064bc 100644
--- a/libobs-opengl/gl-stagesurf.c
+++ b/libobs-opengl/gl-stagesurf.c
@@ -107,6 +107,58 @@ static bool can_stage(struct gs_stage_surface *dst, struct gs_texture_2d *src)
 	return true;
 }
 
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+
+/* Apparently for mac, PBOs won't do an asynchronous transfer unless you use
+ * FBOs along with glReadPixels, which is really dumb. */
+void device_stage_texture(gs_device_t *device, gs_stagesurf_t *dst,
+			  gs_texture_t *src)
+{
+	struct gs_texture_2d *tex2d = (struct gs_texture_2d *)src;
+	struct fbo_info *fbo;
+	GLint last_fbo;
+	bool success = false;
+
+	if (!can_stage(dst, tex2d))
+		goto failed;
+
+	if (!gl_bind_buffer(GL_PIXEL_PACK_BUFFER, dst->pack_buffer))
+		goto failed;
+
+	fbo = get_fbo(src, dst->width, dst->height);
+
+	if (!gl_get_integer_v(GL_READ_FRAMEBUFFER_BINDING, &last_fbo))
+		goto failed_unbind_buffer;
+	if (!gl_bind_framebuffer(GL_READ_FRAMEBUFFER, fbo->fbo))
+		goto failed_unbind_buffer;
+
+	glFramebufferTexture2D(GL_READ_FRAMEBUFFER, GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0 + 0,
+			       src->gl_target, src->texture, 0);
+	if (!gl_success("glFrameBufferTexture2D"))
+		goto failed_unbind_all;
+
+	glReadPixels(0, 0, dst->width, dst->height, dst->gl_format,
+		     dst->gl_type, 0);
+	if (!gl_success("glReadPixels"))
+		goto failed_unbind_all;
+
+	success = true;
+
+failed_unbind_all:
+	gl_bind_framebuffer(GL_READ_FRAMEBUFFER, last_fbo);
+
+failed_unbind_buffer:
+	gl_bind_buffer(GL_PIXEL_PACK_BUFFER, 0);
+
+failed:
+	if (!success)
+		blog(LOG_ERROR, "device_stage_texture (GL) failed");
+
+	UNUSED_PARAMETER(device);
+}
+
+#else
+
 void device_stage_texture(gs_device_t *device, gs_stagesurf_t *dst,
 			  gs_texture_t *src)
 {
@@ -135,6 +187,8 @@ failed:
 	UNUSED_PARAMETER(device);
 }
 
+#endif
+
 uint32_t gs_stagesurface_get_width(const gs_stagesurf_t *stagesurf)
 {
 	return stagesurf->width;