diff --git a/app/backend/systemproperties.cpp b/app/backend/systemproperties.cpp
index ccc885d3..815588f0 100644
--- a/app/backend/systemproperties.cpp
+++ b/app/backend/systemproperties.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,16 @@ SystemProperties::SystemProperties()
     hasDiscordIntegration = false;
 #endif
 
+    // TODO: Do something smarter than this. We should be able to query
+    // this from the decoder (or just try VIDEO_FORMAT_H265_MAIN10 and
+    // fail if we don't get a hardware accelerated decoder).
+#ifdef Q_OS_DARWIN
+    // HDR is supported by the VideoToolbox renderer
+    supportsHdr = true;
+#else
+    supportsHdr = false;
+#endif
+
     unmappedGamepads = SdlInputHandler::getUnmappedGamepads();
 
     // Populate data that requires talking to SDL. We do it all in one shot
diff --git a/app/backend/systemproperties.h b/app/backend/systemproperties.h
index 539efbc0..4018bc1c 100644
--- a/app/backend/systemproperties.h
+++ b/app/backend/systemproperties.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ public:
     Q_PROPERTY(int maximumStreamingFrameRate MEMBER maximumStreamingFrameRate CONSTANT)
     Q_PROPERTY(QSize maximumResolution MEMBER maximumResolution CONSTANT)
     Q_PROPERTY(QString versionString MEMBER versionString CONSTANT)
+    Q_PROPERTY(bool supportsHdr MEMBER supportsHdr CONSTANT)
 
     Q_INVOKABLE void refreshDisplays();
     Q_INVOKABLE QRect getDesktopResolution(int displayIndex);
@@ -54,5 +55,6 @@ private:
     QList<QRect> monitorDesktopResolutions;
     QList<QRect> monitorNativeResolutions;
     QString versionString;
+    bool supportsHdr;
 };
 
diff --git a/app/gui/SettingsView.qml b/app/gui/SettingsView.qml
index f282a185..7b6be0b1 100644
--- a/app/gui/SettingsView.qml
+++ b/app/gui/SettingsView.qml
@@ -1284,6 +1284,13 @@ Flickable {
                 AutoResizingComboBox {
                     // ignore setting the index at first, and actually set it when the component is loaded
                     Component.onCompleted: {
+                        if (SystemProperties.supportsHdr) {
+                            codecListModel.append({
+                                "text": qsTr("HEVC HDR (Experimental)"),
+                                "val": StreamingPreferences.VCC_FORCE_HEVC_HDR
+                            });
+                        }
+
                         var saved_vcc = StreamingPreferences.videoCodecConfig
                         currentIndex = 0
                         for(var i = 0; i < codecListModel.count; i++) {
@@ -1312,10 +1319,7 @@ Flickable {
                             text: qsTr("HEVC (H.265)")
                             val: StreamingPreferences.VCC_FORCE_HEVC
                         }
-                        ListElement {
-                            text: qsTr("HEVC HDR (Experimental)")
-                            val: StreamingPreferences.VCC_FORCE_HEVC_HDR
-                        }
+                        /* HEVC HDR will be appended here */
                     }
                     // ::onActivated must be used, as it only listens for when the index is changed by a human
                     onActivated : {