diff --git a/ui/cocoa.m b/ui/cocoa.m
index 334e6f666795200c3ba7dbd7410e8217fae4e85a..c24d9f91945c53190a2246fb2be129b32a606329 100644
--- a/ui/cocoa.m
+++ b/ui/cocoa.m
@@ -1148,6 +1148,7 @@ int main (int argc, const char * argv[]) {
                 !strcmp(opt, "-nographic") ||
                 !strcmp(opt, "-version") ||
                 !strcmp(opt, "-curses") ||
+                !strcmp(opt, "-display") ||
                 !strcmp(opt, "-qtest")) {
                 return qemu_main(gArgc, gArgv, *_NSGetEnviron());
             }