diff --git a/src/video/cocoa/wnd_quartz.mm b/src/video/cocoa/wnd_quartz.mm
index 8549100d90..edc9c50081 100644
--- a/src/video/cocoa/wnd_quartz.mm
+++ b/src/video/cocoa/wnd_quartz.mm
@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ bool WindowQuartzSubdriver::SetVideoMode(int width, int height, int bpp)
 
 	[this->window setColorSpace:[NSColorSpace sRGBColorSpace]];
 	this->color_space = CGColorSpaceCreateWithName(kCGColorSpaceSRGB);
+	if (this->color_space == nullptr) this->color_space = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
+	if (this->color_space == nullptr) error("Could not get a valid colour space for drawing.");
 
 	bool ret = WindowResized();
 	this->UpdatePalette(0, 256);