diff --git a/src/hidapi/configure.ac b/src/hidapi/configure.ac
index c6747f906ac48..c3d3dbc1b1dbb 100644
--- a/src/hidapi/configure.ac
+++ b/src/hidapi/configure.ac
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ case $host in
 	backend="mac"
 	os="darwin"
 	threads="pthreads"
-	LIBS="${LIBS} -framework IOKit -framework CoreFoundation"
+	LIBS="${LIBS} -framework IOKit -framework CoreFoundation -framework AppKit"
 	;;
 *-freebsd*)
 	AC_MSG_RESULT([ (FreeBSD back-end)])
diff --git a/src/hidapi/mac/Makefile-manual b/src/hidapi/mac/Makefile-manual
index 5399b5a70fc62..16052d143fc58 100644
--- a/src/hidapi/mac/Makefile-manual
+++ b/src/hidapi/mac/Makefile-manual
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ COBJS=hid.o
 CPPOBJS=../hidtest/hidtest.o
 OBJS=$(COBJS) $(CPPOBJS)
 CFLAGS+=-I../hidapi -Wall -g -c 
-LIBS=-framework IOKit -framework CoreFoundation
+LIBS=-framework IOKit -framework CoreFoundation -framework AppKit
 
 
 hidtest: $(OBJS)
diff --git a/src/hidapi/mac/hid.c b/src/hidapi/mac/hid.c
index 0dbe4227d21c3..b45767333740b 100644
--- a/src/hidapi/mac/hid.c
+++ b/src/hidapi/mac/hid.c
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 
 #define VALVE_USB_VID		0x28DE
 
+/* As defined in AppKit.h, but we don't need the entire AppKit for a single constant. */
+extern const double NSAppKitVersionNumber;
+
 /* Barrier implementation because Mac OSX doesn't have pthread_barrier.
  It also doesn't have clock_gettime(). So much for POSIX and SUSv2.
  This implementation came from Brent Priddy and was posted on
@@ -131,6 +134,7 @@ struct hid_device_list_node
 };
 
 static 	IOHIDManagerRef hid_mgr = 0x0;
+static int is_macos_10_10_or_greater = 0;
 static 	struct hid_device_list_node *device_list = 0x0;
 
 static hid_device *new_hid_device(void)
@@ -485,6 +489,7 @@ static int init_hid_manager(void)
 int HID_API_EXPORT hid_init(void)
 {
 	if (!hid_mgr) {
+		is_macos_10_10_or_greater = (NSAppKitVersionNumber >= 1343); /* NSAppKitVersionNumber10_10 */
 		return init_hid_manager();
 	}
 	
@@ -1138,8 +1143,10 @@ void HID_API_EXPORT hid_close(hid_device *dev)
 	if (!dev)
 		return;
 	
-	/* Disconnect the report callback before close. */
-	if (!dev->disconnected) {
+   /* Disconnect the report callback before close.
+      See comment below.
+   */
+   if (is_macos_10_10_or_greater || !dev->disconnected) {
 		IOHIDDeviceRegisterInputReportCallback(
 											   dev->device_handle, dev->input_report_buf, dev->max_input_report_len,
 											   NULL, dev);
@@ -1162,8 +1169,14 @@ void HID_API_EXPORT hid_close(hid_device *dev)
 	
 	/* Close the OS handle to the device, but only if it's not
 	 been unplugged. If it's been unplugged, then calling
-	 IOHIDDeviceClose() will crash. */
-	if (!dev->disconnected) {
+      IOHIDDeviceClose() will crash.
+
+      UPD: The crash part was true in/until some version of macOS.
+      Starting with macOS 10.15, there is an opposite effect in some environments:
+      crash happenes if IOHIDDeviceClose() is not called.
+      Not leaking a resource in all tested environments.
+   */
+   if (is_macos_10_10_or_greater || !dev->disconnected) {
 		IOHIDDeviceClose(dev->device_handle, kIOHIDOptionsTypeNone);
 	}