diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cf1b4b5f..a8ad02d8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ See the [GLFW 3.0 documentation](http://www.glfw.org/docs/3.0/).
                    coordinates
  - [Cocoa] Bugfix: Messages not supported on Mac OS X 10.6 were used without
                    tests for precence
+ - [Cocoa] Bugfix: Process transformation was not performed if menu bar creation
+                   was disabled
  - [Win32] Bugfix: Context creation was attempted even if no valid pixel formats
                    had been found
  - [X11] Bugfix: Duplicate window position and window and framebuffer size
diff --git a/src/cocoa_window.m b/src/cocoa_window.m
index cb153860..9fe011c7 100644
--- a/src/cocoa_window.m
+++ b/src/cocoa_window.m
@@ -688,14 +688,6 @@ static NSString* findAppName(void)
         }
     }
 
-    // If we get here, the application is unbundled
-    ProcessSerialNumber psn = { 0, kCurrentProcess };
-    TransformProcessType(&psn, kProcessTransformToForegroundApplication);
-
-    // Having the app in front of the terminal window is also generally
-    // handy.  There is an NSApplication API to do this, but...
-    SetFrontProcess(&psn);
-
     char** progname = _NSGetProgname();
     if (progname && *progname)
         return [NSString stringWithUTF8String:*progname];
@@ -781,6 +773,14 @@ static GLboolean initializeAppKit(void)
     // Implicitly create shared NSApplication instance
     [GLFWApplication sharedApplication];
 
+    // If we get here, the application is unbundled
+    ProcessSerialNumber psn = { 0, kCurrentProcess };
+    TransformProcessType(&psn, kProcessTransformToForegroundApplication);
+
+    // Having the app in front of the terminal window is also generally
+    // handy.  There is an NSApplication API to do this, but...
+    SetFrontProcess(&psn);
+
 #if defined(_GLFW_USE_MENUBAR)
     // Menu bar setup must go between sharedApplication above and
     // finishLaunching below, in order to properly emulate the behavior