diff --git a/mac/wxMac_additions/eventloops.patch b/mac/wxMac_additions/eventloops.patch
index 7b321c980..67a0ac44f 100644
--- a/mac/wxMac_additions/eventloops.patch
+++ b/mac/wxMac_additions/eventloops.patch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-From aed0a3ed0df16f04dc39c8366d9c399fcc172009 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 8c9c17ca704f6c2b1469c861497ac7676dd67347 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Paul Licameli <paul.licameli@audacityteam.org>
 Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2016 11:55:29 -0400
 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Mac modal loops won't hang when other code uses old
@@ -13,20 +13,21 @@ See the Audacity bug report that motivated this change:
 
 http://bugzilla.audacityteam.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1338
 ---
- include/wx/evtloop.h        |  9 +++++++++
+ include/wx/evtloop.h        | 10 ++++++++++
  src/common/evtloopcmn.cpp   | 14 ++++++++++++++
  src/osx/core/evtloop_cf.cpp |  3 ++-
- 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+ 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 
 diff --git a/include/wx/evtloop.h b/include/wx/evtloop.h
-index 1133473..db87431 100644
+index 1133473..4b23610 100644
 --- a/include/wx/evtloop.h
 +++ b/include/wx/evtloop.h
-@@ -177,6 +177,15 @@ public:
+@@ -177,6 +177,16 @@ public:
      // set currently active (running) event loop
      static void SetActive(wxEventLoopBase* loop);
  
 +#ifdef __WXMAC__
++#define __WX_EVTLOOP_BUSY_WAITING__
 +    static bool GetBusyWaiting();
 +
 +    // If the argument is true, cause modal dialogs to busy-wait for events,
diff --git a/src/effects/VST/VSTEffect.cpp b/src/effects/VST/VSTEffect.cpp
index 4dc9583c4..036c59a9d 100644
--- a/src/effects/VST/VSTEffect.cpp
+++ b/src/effects/VST/VSTEffect.cpp
@@ -1788,7 +1788,9 @@ bool VSTEffect::HideUI()
 bool VSTEffect::CloseUI()
 {
 #ifdef __WXMAC__
+#ifdef __WX_EVTLOOP_BUSY_WAITING__
    wxEventLoop::SetBusyWaiting(false);
+#endif
 #endif
 
    mParent->RemoveEventHandler(this);
@@ -2840,7 +2842,9 @@ void VSTEffect::BuildFancy()
    mDialog->Connect(wxEVT_SIZE, wxSizeEventHandler(VSTEffect::OnSize));
 
 #ifdef __WXMAC__
+#ifdef __WX_EVTLOOP_BUSY_WAITING__
    wxEventLoop::SetBusyWaiting(true);
+#endif
 #endif
 
    return;
diff --git a/src/effects/audiounits/AudioUnitEffect.cpp b/src/effects/audiounits/AudioUnitEffect.cpp
index b29364613..92ea6542f 100644
--- a/src/effects/audiounits/AudioUnitEffect.cpp
+++ b/src/effects/audiounits/AudioUnitEffect.cpp
@@ -1799,7 +1799,9 @@ bool AudioUnitEffect::PopulateUI(wxWindow *parent)
       mParent->SetMinSize(wxDefaultSize);
 
 #ifdef __WXMAC__
+#ifdef __WX_EVTLOOP_BUSY_WAITING__
       wxEventLoop::SetBusyWaiting(true);
+#endif
 #endif
    }
 
@@ -1848,7 +1850,9 @@ bool AudioUnitEffect::HideUI()
 bool AudioUnitEffect::CloseUI()
 {
 #ifdef __WXMAC__
+#ifdef __WX_EVTLOOP_BUSY_WAITING__
    wxEventLoop::SetBusyWaiting(false);
+#endif
 #endif
 
    mParent->RemoveEventHandler(this);
diff --git a/src/effects/lv2/LV2Effect.cpp b/src/effects/lv2/LV2Effect.cpp
index 91b4e921f..2186a64aa 100644
--- a/src/effects/lv2/LV2Effect.cpp
+++ b/src/effects/lv2/LV2Effect.cpp
@@ -1139,7 +1139,9 @@ bool LV2Effect::HideUI()
 bool LV2Effect::CloseUI()
 {
 #ifdef __WXMAC__
+#ifdef __WX_EVTLOOP_BUSY_WAITING__
    wxEventLoop::SetBusyWaiting(false);
+#endif
 #endif
 
    mParent->RemoveEventHandler(this);
@@ -1571,7 +1573,9 @@ bool LV2Effect::BuildFancy()
    TransferDataToWindow();
 
 #ifdef __WXMAC__
+#ifdef __WX_EVTLOOP_BUSY_WAITING__
    wxEventLoop::SetBusyWaiting(true);
+#endif
 #endif
 
    return true;