diff --git a/glfw/cocoa_platform.h b/glfw/cocoa_platform.h
index f47fa12de..476ac4a41 100644
--- a/glfw/cocoa_platform.h
+++ b/glfw/cocoa_platform.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ typedef VkResult (APIENTRY *PFN_vkCreateMetalSurfaceEXT)(VkInstance,const VkMeta
 #define _glfw_dlclose(handle) dlclose(handle)
 #define _glfw_dlsym(handle, name) dlsym(handle, name)
 
-#define _GLFW_EGL_NATIVE_WINDOW  ((EGLNativeWindowType) window->ns.view)
+#define _GLFW_EGL_NATIVE_WINDOW  ((EGLNativeWindowType) window->ns.layer)
 #define _GLFW_EGL_NATIVE_DISPLAY EGL_DEFAULT_DISPLAY
 
 #define _GLFW_PLATFORM_WINDOW_STATE         _GLFWwindowNS  ns
diff --git a/glfw/cocoa_window.m b/glfw/cocoa_window.m
index 374f0683b..7a2654eb8 100644
--- a/glfw/cocoa_window.m
+++ b/glfw/cocoa_window.m
@@ -1460,6 +1460,11 @@ int _glfwPlatformCreateWindow(_GLFWwindow* window,
         }
         else if (ctxconfig->source == GLFW_EGL_CONTEXT_API)
         {
+            // EGL implementation on macOS use CALayer* EGLNativeWindowType so we
+            // need to get the layer for EGL window surface creation.
+            [window->ns.view setWantsLayer:YES];
+            window->ns.layer = [window->ns.view layer];
+
             if (!_glfwInitEGL())
                 return false;
             if (!_glfwCreateContextEGL(window, ctxconfig, fbconfig))