diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageDisplay_OGL.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageDisplay_OGL.cpp
index cf16de4d78..a2c0b02a84 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageDisplay_OGL.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageDisplay_OGL.cpp
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static void FixLittleEndian()
 	ASSERT_M( error == GL_NO_ERROR, GLToString(error) ); \
 }
 
-#ifdef DEBUG
+#if defined(DEBUG) || !defined(GL_GET_ERROR_IS_SLOW)
 #define DebugFlushGLErrors() FlushGLErrors()
 #define DebugAssertNoGLError() AssertNoGLError()
 #else
diff --git a/stepmania/src/archutils/Darwin/arch_setup.h b/stepmania/src/archutils/Darwin/arch_setup.h
index 20a366cbab..e58736e40b 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/archutils/Darwin/arch_setup.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/archutils/Darwin/arch_setup.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ typedef unsigned long long UInt64;
 #define HAVE_MACHINE_ENDIAN_H
 #define CRASH_HANDLER
 
+#define GL_GET_ERROR_IS_SLOW
+
 #if defined(__ppc__)
 # define CPU_PPC
 # define ENDIAN_BIG