diff --git a/src/cocoa_window.m b/src/cocoa_window.m
index 6306e9cc..0b89caa2 100644
--- a/src/cocoa_window.m
+++ b/src/cocoa_window.m
@@ -783,7 +783,8 @@ static void createMenuBar(void)
 
     // Prior to Snow Leopard, we need to use this oddly-named semi-private API
     // to get the application menu working properly.
-    [NSApp performSelector:@selector(setAppleMenu:) withObject:appMenu];
+    SEL setAppleMenuSelector = NSSelectorFromString(@"setAppleMenu:");
+    [NSApp performSelector:setAppleMenuSelector withObject:appMenu];
 }
 
 #endif /* _GLFW_USE_MENUBAR */