diff --git a/atom/app/atom_main_delegate.cc b/atom/app/atom_main_delegate.cc
index 0a298308ad0b..655ccce2e35b 100644
--- a/atom/app/atom_main_delegate.cc
+++ b/atom/app/atom_main_delegate.cc
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ bool AtomMainDelegate::BasicStartupComplete(int* exit_code) {
 
   chrome::RegisterPathProvider();
 
+#if defined(OS_MACOSX)
+  SetUpBundleOverrides();
+#endif
+
   return brightray::MainDelegate::BasicStartupComplete(exit_code);
 }
 
diff --git a/atom/app/atom_main_delegate.h b/atom/app/atom_main_delegate.h
index 5f4369302f5f..8f2976a9cd1b 100644
--- a/atom/app/atom_main_delegate.h
+++ b/atom/app/atom_main_delegate.h
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ class AtomMainDelegate : public brightray::MainDelegate {
 #endif
 
  private:
+#if defined(OS_MACOSX)
+  void SetUpBundleOverrides();
+#endif
+
   brightray::ContentClient content_client_;
   scoped_ptr<content::ContentBrowserClient> browser_client_;
   scoped_ptr<content::ContentRendererClient> renderer_client_;
diff --git a/atom/app/atom_main_delegate_mac.mm b/atom/app/atom_main_delegate_mac.mm
index 33a8dea4aabb..b26d5f46f644 100644
--- a/atom/app/atom_main_delegate_mac.mm
+++ b/atom/app/atom_main_delegate_mac.mm
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #include "base/mac/bundle_locations.h"
 #include "base/files/file_path.h"
 #include "base/files/file_util.h"
+#include "base/mac/foundation_util.h"
+#include "base/mac/scoped_nsautorelease_pool.h"
 #include "base/path_service.h"
 #include "brightray/common/application_info.h"
 #include "brightray/common/mac/main_application_bundle.h"
@@ -48,4 +50,10 @@ void AtomMainDelegate::OverrideChildProcessPath() {
   PathService::Override(content::CHILD_PROCESS_EXE, helper_path);
 }
 
+void AtomMainDelegate::SetUpBundleOverrides() {
+  base::mac::ScopedNSAutoreleasePool pool;
+  NSBundle* base_bundle = brightray::MainApplicationBundle();
+  base::mac::SetBaseBundleID([[base_bundle bundleIdentifier] UTF8String]);
+}
+
 }  // namespace atom