diff --git a/common/gal/opengl/opengl_gal.cpp b/common/gal/opengl/opengl_gal.cpp
index 462e10cde4..d993e84d29 100644
--- a/common/gal/opengl/opengl_gal.cpp
+++ b/common/gal/opengl/opengl_gal.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ OPENGL_GAL::OPENGL_GAL( wxWindow* aParent, wxEvtHandler* aMouseListener,
     isGrouping               = false;
     groupCounter             = 0;
 
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+    SetViewWantsBestResolution( true );
+#endif
+
     // Connecting the event handlers
     Connect( wxEVT_PAINT,           wxPaintEventHandler( OPENGL_GAL::onPaint ) );
 
@@ -122,10 +126,16 @@ void OPENGL_GAL::BeginDrawing()
     SetCurrent( *glContext );
     clientDC = new wxClientDC( this );
 
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+    const float scaleFactor = GetBackingScaleFactor();
+#else
+    const float scaleFactor = 1.0f;
+#endif
+
     // Set up the view port
     glMatrixMode( GL_PROJECTION );
     glLoadIdentity();
-    glViewport( 0, 0, (GLsizei) screenSize.x, (GLsizei) screenSize.y );
+    glViewport( 0, 0, (GLsizei) screenSize.x * scaleFactor, (GLsizei) screenSize.y * scaleFactor );
 
     // Create the screen transformation
     glOrtho( 0, (GLint) screenSize.x, 0, (GLsizei) screenSize.y,
@@ -528,8 +538,14 @@ void OPENGL_GAL::ResizeScreen( int aWidth, int aHeight )
 {
     screenSize = VECTOR2I( aWidth, aHeight );
 
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+    const float scaleFactor = GetBackingScaleFactor();
+#else
+    const float scaleFactor = 1.0f;
+#endif
+
     // Resize framebuffers
-    compositor.Resize( aWidth, aHeight );
+    compositor.Resize( aWidth * scaleFactor, aHeight * scaleFactor );
     isFramebufferInitialized = false;
 
     wxGLCanvas::SetSize( aWidth, aHeight );
@@ -731,6 +747,7 @@ void OPENGL_GAL::DrawCursor( const VECTOR2D& aCursorPosition )
     // Now we should only store the position of the mouse cursor
     // The real drawing routines are in blitCursor()
     VECTOR2D screenCursor = worldScreenMatrix * aCursorPosition;
+
     cursorPosition = screenWorldMatrix * VECTOR2D( screenCursor.x, screenSize.y - screenCursor.y );
 }
 
diff --git a/patches/wxwidgets-3.0.2_macosx_retina_opengl.patch b/patches/wxwidgets-3.0.2_macosx_retina_opengl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..079d033cbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/wxwidgets-3.0.2_macosx_retina_opengl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+--- include/wx/osx/glcanvas.h	2015-05-16 15:40:21.000000000 +0200
++++ include/wx/osx/glcanvas.h	2015-05-16 16:44:53.000000000 +0200
+@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ public:
+     // update the view port of the current context to match this window
+     void SetViewport();
+ 
++    void SetViewWantsBestResolution( bool aValue );
++    bool GetViewWantsBestResolution();
++    float GetBackingScaleFactor();
+ 
+     // deprecated methods
+     // ------------------
+--- src/osx/cocoa/glcanvas.mm	2015-05-16 15:40:24.000000000 +0200
++++ src/osx/cocoa/glcanvas.mm	2015-05-16 17:10:50.000000000 +0200
+@@ -313,6 +313,22 @@ bool wxGLCanvas::SwapBuffers()
+     return true;
+ }
+ 
++void wxGLCanvas::SetViewWantsBestResolution( bool aValue )
++{
++    [GetHandle() setWantsBestResolutionOpenGLSurface:aValue];
++}
++
++bool wxGLCanvas::GetViewWantsBestResolution()
++{
++    return [GetHandle() wantsBestResolutionOpenGLSurface];
++}
++
++float wxGLCanvas::GetBackingScaleFactor()
++{
++    return [[GetHandle() window] backingScaleFactor];
++}
++
++
+ bool wxGLContext::SetCurrent(const wxGLCanvas& win) const
+ {
+     if ( !m_glContext )
diff --git a/scripts/osx_build_wx.sh b/scripts/osx_build_wx.sh
index e12acc4743..1714a5683a 100644
--- a/scripts/osx_build_wx.sh
+++ b/scripts/osx_build_wx.sh
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ echo "*** Patching wxWidgets..."
 doPatch "$1" "$3/patches/wxwidgets-3.0.0_macosx.patch"
 doPatch "$1" "$3/patches/wxwidgets-3.0.0_macosx_bug_15908.patch"
 doPatch "$1" "$3/patches/wxwidgets-3.0.0_macosx_soname.patch"
+# high resolution in OpenGL canvas: http://trac.wxwidgets.org/ticket/15700
+doPatch "$1" "$3/patches/wxwidgets-3.0.2_macosx_opengl_retina.patch"
 
 # configure and build wxWidgets
 wxWidgets_configure "$1" "$2" "$4"