diff --git a/Makefile.mpw b/Makefile.mpw
index bd54e03f..380a8b84 100644
--- a/Makefile.mpw
+++ b/Makefile.mpw
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: Makefile.mpw,v 1.1.2.6 1999/03/28 17:34:36 ben Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile.mpw,v 1.1.2.7 1999/03/29 23:55:06 ben Exp $
 # This is the Makefile for building PuTTY for the Mac OS.
 # Users of non-Mac systems will see some pretty strange characters around.
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Libs
 LibsĄPPC  =	"{SharedLibraries}InterfaceLib" ¶
 		"{SharedLibraries}StdCLib" ¶
 		"{SharedLibraries}MathLib" ¶
-		"{SharedLibraries}AppearanceLib" ¶
+		"{SharedLibraries}AppearanceLib" -weaklib AppearanceLib ¶
 		"{PPCLibraries}StdCRuntime.o" ¶
 		"{PPCLibraries}PPCCRuntime.o"
 
diff --git a/README.mac b/README.mac
index bd761c1f..71658444 100644
--- a/README.mac
+++ b/README.mac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Id: README.mac,v 1.1.2.1 1999/03/29 19:51:40 ben Exp $
+$Id: README.mac,v 1.1.2.2 1999/03/29 23:55:06 ben Exp $
 
 Information about PuTTY for the Mac OS
 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Information about PuTTY for the Mac OS
 Known bugs:
 
  * PowerPC and fat versions fail to start on systems without AppearanceLib (ie
-   most System 7 ones).  The 68k version works fine.
+   most System 7 ones).  The 68k version works fine. [MAYBE FIXED]
  * If the screen scrolls more than once between calls to WaitNextEvent, Bad
    Things can happen owing to a bug in do_scroll.  This can be fixed when I
    have an easy way to test it.
diff --git a/mac.c b/mac.c
index 48187ec5..8b4e8c2b 100644
--- a/mac.c
+++ b/mac.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: mac.c,v 1.1.2.20 1999/03/29 19:50:22 ben Exp $ */
+/* $Id: mac.c,v 1.1.2.21 1999/03/29 23:55:06 ben Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1999 Ben Harris
  * All rights reserved.
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ static void mac_startup(void) {
 	    mac_gestalts.apprvers = 0x0100;
 	else
 	    mac_gestalts.apprvers = 0;
+    /* Paranoia: Did we manage to pull in AppearanceLib? */
+    if (&RegisterAppearanceClient == NULL)
+	mac_gestalts.apprvers = 0;
     /* Mac OS 8.5 Control Manager (proportional scrollbars)? */
     if (Gestalt(gestaltControlMgrAttr, &mac_gestalts.cntlattr) != noErr)
 	mac_gestalts.cntlattr = 0;