diff --git a/osdep/macosx_application.m b/osdep/macosx_application.m
index 3d420a3152..43f3bb4a4f 100644
--- a/osdep/macosx_application.m
+++ b/osdep/macosx_application.m
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "input/input.h"
 #include "player/client.h"
 #include "options/m_config.h"
+#include "options/options.h"
 
 #import "osdep/macosx_application_objc.h"
 #include "osdep/macosx_compat.h"
@@ -299,7 +300,7 @@ static void init_cocoa_application(bool regular)
     [NSApp setDelegate:NSApp];
     [NSApp setMenuBar:[[MenuBar alloc] init]];
 
-#if HAVE_MACOS_10_12_2_FEATURES
+#if HAVE_MACOS_MEDIA_PLAYER
     // 10.12.2 runtime availability check
     if ([NSApp respondsToSelector:@selector(touchBar)]) {
         [NSApp setRemoteCommandCenter:[[RemoteCommandCenter alloc] initWithApp:NSApp]];
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index b7fc0b474d..def7f77738 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -928,6 +928,11 @@ standalone_features = [
         'desc': 'macOS 10.14 SDK Features',
         'deps': 'cocoa',
         'func': check_macos_sdk('10.14')
+    },{
+        'name': '--macos-media-player',
+        'desc': 'macOS Media Player support',
+        'deps': 'macos-10-12-2-features && swift',
+        'func': check_true
     }, {
         'name': '--macos-cocoa-cb',
         'desc': 'macOS libmpv backend',