diff --git a/panda/src/cocoadisplay/cocoaGraphicsWindow.mm b/panda/src/cocoadisplay/cocoaGraphicsWindow.mm
index e76cf38fa0..3aae8aee63 100644
--- a/panda/src/cocoadisplay/cocoaGraphicsWindow.mm
+++ b/panda/src/cocoadisplay/cocoaGraphicsWindow.mm
@@ -449,6 +449,11 @@ open_window() {
     _parent_window_handle->attach_child(_window_handle);
   }
 
+  if (_fb_properties.get_float_color() &&
+      [_view respondsToSelector:@selector(setWantsExtendedDynamicRangeOpenGLSurface:)]) {
+    [_view setWantsExtendedDynamicRangeOpenGLSurface:YES];
+  }
+
   // Configure the view to be high resolution capable using the dpi-aware
   // configuration flag. If dpi-aware is false, macOS will upscale the view
   // for us.
diff --git a/panda/src/cocoagldisplay/cocoaGLGraphicsStateGuardian.mm b/panda/src/cocoagldisplay/cocoaGLGraphicsStateGuardian.mm
index eac4ab3053..9cacb3e270 100644
--- a/panda/src/cocoagldisplay/cocoaGLGraphicsStateGuardian.mm
+++ b/panda/src/cocoagldisplay/cocoaGLGraphicsStateGuardian.mm
@@ -188,6 +188,10 @@ choose_pixel_format(const FrameBufferProperties &properties,
   attribs.push_back(NSOpenGLPFAColorSize);
   attribs.push_back(properties.get_color_bits());
 
+  if (properties.get_float_color()) {
+    attribs.push_back(NSOpenGLPFAColorFloat);
+  }
+
   // Set the depth buffer bits to 24 manually when 1 is requested.
   // This prevents getting a depth buffer of only 16 bits when requesting 1.
   attribs.push_back(NSOpenGLPFADepthSize);