diff --git a/src/wx-sdl2-video-gl3.c b/src/wx-sdl2-video-gl3.c
index 248432d..14907cb 100644
--- a/src/wx-sdl2-video-gl3.c
+++ b/src/wx-sdl2-video-gl3.c
@@ -769,6 +769,12 @@ int gl3_init(SDL_Window* window, sdl_render_driver requested_render_driver, SDL_
         strcpy(current_render_driver_name, requested_render_driver.name);
 
         SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_DOUBLEBUFFER, 1);
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+        // without an explicit request for the core profile 3.0 macOS falls back to default ancient 2.1
+        SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_MAJOR_VERSION, 3);
+        SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_MINOR_VERSION, 0);
+        SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_PROFILE_MASK, SDL_GL_CONTEXT_PROFILE_CORE);
+#endif
 
         context = SDL_GL_CreateContext(window);
 
@@ -1637,12 +1643,21 @@ int gl3_renderer_available(struct sdl_render_driver* driver)
         if (available < 0)
         {
                 available = 0;
+
+                // GL SetAttribute should be done *before* window creation for the attributes to apply on
+                // context creation (seems to depend on OpenGL impl. but it souldn't hurt other platforms
+                // to do it here (earlier than before)
+                SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_MAJOR_VERSION, 3);
+                SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_MINOR_VERSION, 0);
+
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+                // without an explicit request for the core profile 3.0 macOS falls back to default ancient 2.1
+                SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_PROFILE_MASK, SDL_GL_CONTEXT_PROFILE_CORE);
+#endif
+
                 SDL_Window* window = SDL_CreateWindow("GL3 test", SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, 1, 1, SDL_WINDOW_HIDDEN | SDL_WINDOW_OPENGL);
                 if (window)
                 {
-                        SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_MAJOR_VERSION, 3);
-                        SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_MINOR_VERSION, 0);
-
                         SDL_GLContext context = SDL_GL_CreateContext(window);
                         if (context)
                         {