diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0f2e9e3194..0d01aee03f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -256,11 +256,13 @@ if test "x$BUILD_EXAMPLES" = "xyes"; then
   PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTK, gtk+-3.0 >= $GTK_REQ, HAVE_GTK=yes, HAVE_GTK=no)
   dnl some examples need gtk+-x11
   PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTK_X11, gtk+-x11-3.0 >= $GTK_REQ, HAVE_GTK_X11=yes, HAVE_GTK_X11=no)
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTK_QUARTZ, gtk+-quartz-3.0 >= $GTK_REQ, HAVE_GTK_QUARTZ=yes, HAVE_GTK_QUARTZ=no)
   AC_SUBST(GTK_LIBS)
   AC_SUBST(GTK_CFLAGS)
 fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_GTK, test "x$HAVE_GTK" = "xyes")
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_GTK_X11, test "x$HAVE_GTK_X11" = "xyes")
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_GTK_QUARTZ, test "x$HAVE_GTK_QUARTZ" = "xyes")
 
 dnl QT is optional and only used in examples
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(QT, QtGui >= 4.6, [
diff --git a/tests/examples/playback/Makefile.am b/tests/examples/playback/Makefile.am
index 363160652a..4bc4e443d7 100644
--- a/tests/examples/playback/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/examples/playback/Makefile.am
@@ -4,4 +4,8 @@ LDADD = \
 	$(top_builddir)/gst-libs/gst/video/libgstvideo-@GST_API_VERSION@.la \
 	$(GST_LIBS) $(GTK_LIBS) $(LIBM)
 
+if HAVE_GTK_QUARTZ
+  AM_CPPFLAGS = '-xobjective-c'
+endif
+
 AM_CFLAGS = -I$(top_builddir)/gst-libs $(GST_PLUGINS_BASE_CFLAGS) $(GST_BASE_CFLAGS) $(GST_CFLAGS) $(GTK_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/tests/examples/playback/playback-test.c b/tests/examples/playback/playback-test.c
index 3aac1875d5..ab53e7468c 100644
--- a/tests/examples/playback/playback-test.c
+++ b/tests/examples/playback/playback-test.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 #elif defined (GDK_WINDOWING_WIN32)
 #include <gdk/gdkwin32.h>
 #elif defined (GDK_WINDOWING_QUARTZ)
-#include <gdk/gdkquartzwindow.h>
+#include <gdk/gdkquartz.h>
 #endif
 
 #include <gst/video/videooverlay.h>
@@ -2107,7 +2107,7 @@ realize_cb (GtkWidget * widget, PlaybackApp * app)
   app->embed_xid = GDK_WINDOW_HWND (window);
   g_print ("Window realize: video window HWND = %lu\n", app->embed_xid);
 #elif defined (GDK_WINDOWING_QUARTZ)
-  app->embed_xid = gdk_quartz_window_get_nsview (window);
+  app->embed_xid = (guintptr) gdk_quartz_window_get_nsview (window);
   g_print ("Window realize: video window NSView = %p\n", app->embed_xid);
 #elif defined (GDK_WINDOWING_X11)
   app->embed_xid = GDK_WINDOW_XID (window);