diff --git a/src/app/pref/preferences.cpp b/src/app/pref/preferences.cpp
index 6382e6e05..92f3c1b83 100644
--- a/src/app/pref/preferences.cpp
+++ b/src/app/pref/preferences.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Aseprite
-// Copyright (C) 2018-2022  Igara Studio S.A.
+// Copyright (C) 2018-2023  Igara Studio S.A.
 // Copyright (C) 2001-2018  David Capello
 //
 // This program is distributed under the terms of
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "app/tools/ink.h"
 #include "app/tools/tool.h"
 #include "base/fs.h"
+#include "base/platform.h"
 #include "doc/sprite.h"
 #include "os/system.h"
 #include "ui/system.h"
@@ -52,9 +53,16 @@ Preferences::Preferences()
   // doesn't exist.
   const bool firstTime = (!base::is_file(fn));
 
-#if LAF_LINUX
-  // Don't use native dialogs on Linux by default
-  experimental.useNativeFileDialog.setDefaultValue(false);
+  // Don't use native dialogs on Linux or macOS 10.11 by default
+#if LAF_MACOS || LAF_LINUX
+  // We've received several bug reports about macOS 10.11 where the
+  // native file selector throws an unknown exception (probably we're
+  // using an API that wasn't yet supported in 10.11). So we disable
+  // the native file selector in this platform.
+  #if LAF_MACOS
+  if (base::get_osx_version() < base::Version(10, 11, 0, 0))
+  #endif
+    experimental.useNativeFileDialog.setDefaultValue(false);
 #endif
 
   load();