diff --git a/plugins/vlc-video/vlc-video-plugin.c b/plugins/vlc-video/vlc-video-plugin.c
index 4160f9107..d87ae5149 100644
--- a/plugins/vlc-video/vlc-video-plugin.c
+++ b/plugins/vlc-video/vlc-video-plugin.c
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ LIBVLC_MEDIA_LIST_PLAYER_NEXT libvlc_media_list_player_next_;
 LIBVLC_MEDIA_LIST_PLAYER_PREVIOUS libvlc_media_list_player_previous_;
 
 void *libvlc_module = NULL;
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+void *libvlc_core_module = NULL;
+#endif
+
 libvlc_instance_t *libvlc = NULL;
 uint64_t time_start = 0;
 
@@ -154,8 +158,14 @@ static bool load_libvlc_module(void)
 
 #ifdef __APPLE__
 #define LIBVLC_DIR "/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/"
+/* According to otoolo -L, this is what libvlc.dylib wants. */
+#define LIBVLC_CORE_FILE LIBVLC_DIR "lib/libvlccore.dylib"
 #define LIBVLC_FILE LIBVLC_DIR "lib/libvlc.5.dylib"
 	setenv("VLC_PLUGIN_PATH", LIBVLC_DIR "plugins", false);
+	libvlc_core_module = os_dlopen(LIBVLC_CORE_FILE);
+
+	if (!libvlc_core_module)
+		return false;
 #else
 #define LIBVLC_FILE "libvlc.so.5"
 #endif
@@ -204,6 +214,10 @@ void obs_module_unload(void)
 {
 	if (libvlc)
 		libvlc_release_(libvlc);
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+	if (libvlc_core_module)
+		os_dlclose(libvlc_core_module);
+#endif
 	if (libvlc_module)
 		os_dlclose(libvlc_module);
 }