diff --git a/src/xswiftbus/main.cpp b/src/xswiftbus/main.cpp
index bbcdb1519..89d79ad75 100644
--- a/src/xswiftbus/main.cpp
+++ b/src/xswiftbus/main.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ XSwiftBus::CPlugin *g_plugin;
 
 PLUGIN_API int XPluginStart(char *o_name, char *o_sig, char *o_desc)
 {
+#if APL
+    // https://developer.x-plane.com/2014/12/mac-plugin-developers-you-should-be-using-native-paths/
+    XPLMEnableFeature("XPLM_USE_NATIVE_PATHS",1);
+#endif
+
     std::strcpy(o_name, "XSwiftBus");
     std::strcpy(o_sig, "org.swift-project.xswiftbus");
     std::strcpy(o_desc, "Allows swift to connect to X-Plane via D-Bus IPC");
diff --git a/src/xswiftbus/utils.cpp b/src/xswiftbus/utils.cpp
index 27fe35cc9..56a692905 100644
--- a/src/xswiftbus/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/xswiftbus/utils.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ namespace XSwiftBus
         char xplanePath[512];
         XPLMGetSystemPath(xplanePath);
 #ifdef Q_OS_MAC
-        HFS2PosixPath(xplanePath, xplanePath, sizeof(xplanePath));
+        if (XPLMIsFeatureEnabled("XPLM_USE_NATIVE_PATHS") == 0)
+        {
+            HFS2PosixPath(xplanePath, xplanePath, sizeof(xplanePath));
+        }
         g_sep = "/";
 #else
         g_sep = XPLMGetDirectorySeparator();