diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/GLee.h b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/GLee.h
index dcbc098fe..45322b9e5 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/GLee.h
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/GLee.h
@@ -1056,9 +1056,15 @@ GLEE_EXTERN GLboolean _GLEE_SGIX_igloo_interface;
 #endif
 
 #ifndef GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object
+	/* awful hack to work around issue with GLee and Mac OS 10.9's gltypes.h */
+#if defined(__APPLE__)
+	typedef long GLintptrARB;
+	typedef long GLsizeiptrARB;
+#else
 	typedef ptrdiff_t GLintptrARB;
 	typedef ptrdiff_t GLsizeiptrARB;
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #ifndef GL_ARB_shader_objects
 #if defined(__APPLE__)