diff --git a/mrv2/docs/HISTORY.md b/mrv2/docs/HISTORY.md
index 06c45ecc9..72e69709d 100644
--- a/mrv2/docs/HISTORY.md
+++ b/mrv2/docs/HISTORY.md
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ v0.8.2
 - The metadata for sessions has changed API.  Now it is a Python dict.
 - Added libvpx on Linux and macOS which was missing.
 - Added support for decoding webm (vpx) videos with alpha channel.
+- Fixed crashing issues on macOS at start up due to brew libraries being
+  loaded instead of the mrv2 shipped libraries.
 
 
 v0.8.1
diff --git a/mrv2/etc/macOS/startup.sh b/mrv2/etc/macOS/startup.sh
index 2340fbb0f..1f4b5dcc8 100755
--- a/mrv2/etc/macOS/startup.sh
+++ b/mrv2/etc/macOS/startup.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ dynlib="$rsrc/lib"
 # echo "rsrc=$rsrc"
 # echo "dynlib=$dynlib"
 
+export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="$dynlib:${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
 export DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=$dynlib
 export DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH=$dynlib
 exec "$rsrc/bin/mrv2" $*