diff --git a/Core/Source/DTColor+Compatibility.m b/Core/Source/DTColor+Compatibility.m
index cb96c7dd3..eb47e1ccd 100644
--- a/Core/Source/DTColor+Compatibility.m
+++ b/Core/Source/DTColor+Compatibility.m
@@ -22,9 +22,50 @@ - (CGFloat)alphaComponent
 
 #else
 
+#if MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED <= MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_7
+#import <objc/runtime.h>
+
+@interface NSColor (DTCoreText)
++ (NSColor *)DTCoreText_colorWithCGColor:(CGColorRef)cgColor;
+- (CGColorRef)DTCoreText_CGColor;
+@end
+
+static void DTCoreTextAddMissingSelector(Class aClass, SEL aSelector, SEL implementationSelector)
+{
+	Method method = class_getInstanceMethod(aClass, aSelector);
+	if (method == NULL) {
+		method = class_getInstanceMethod(aClass, implementationSelector);
+		NSCAssert(method != NULL, @"missing implementation method");
+		
+		IMP methodImplementation = method_getImplementation(method);
+		const char *methodTypeEncoding = method_getTypeEncoding(method);
+		
+#if !defined(NS_BLOCK_ASSERTIONS)
+		BOOL rc = class_addMethod(aClass, aSelector, methodImplementation, methodTypeEncoding);
+		NSCAssert(rc, @"failed to add missing method");
+#else
+		(void) class_addMethod(aClass, aSelector, methodImplementation, methodTypeEncoding);
+#endif
+	}
+}
+
+__attribute__((constructor))
+static void DTCoreTextNSColorInitialization(void)
+{
+	Class NSColorClass = objc_getClass("NSColor");
+	Class NSColorMetaClass = object_getClass(NSColorClass);
+	DTCoreTextAddMissingSelector(NSColorMetaClass, @selector(colorWithCGColor:), @selector(DTCoreText_colorWithCGColor:));
+	DTCoreTextAddMissingSelector(NSColorClass, @selector(CGColor), @selector(DTCoreText_CGColor));
+}
+
+#define colorWithCGColor	DTCoreText_colorWithCGColor
+#define CGColor				DTCoreText_CGColor
+#define HTML				DTCoreText
+#endif
+
 @implementation NSColor (HTML)
 
-#if MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED <= MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_7
+#if MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED <= MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_7 || MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED <= MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_7
 + (NSColor *)colorWithCGColor:(CGColorRef)cgColor
 {
 	size_t count = CGColorGetNumberOfComponents(cgColor);