diff --git a/gdk/quartz/GdkQuartzView.c b/gdk/quartz/GdkQuartzView.c
index af28e37bea..16b5989fc7 100644
--- a/gdk/quartz/GdkQuartzView.c
+++ b/gdk/quartz/GdkQuartzView.c
@@ -326,10 +326,17 @@
   [super viewWillDraw];
 }
 
+#if MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED >= 10900
 -(BOOL)wantsUpdateLayer
 {
      return YES;
 }
+#endif
+
+-(BOOL)wantsLayer
+{
+     return YES;
+}
 
 static void
 nsrect_from_cairo_rect (NSRect *nsrect, cairo_rectangle_int_t *rect)