diff --git a/scripts/osx/apktool b/scripts/osx/apktool
index 6e2e7723..6f4f580f 100755
--- a/scripts/osx/apktool
+++ b/scripts/osx/apktool
@@ -77,4 +77,4 @@ fi
 # add current location to path for aapt
 PATH=$PATH:`pwd`;
 export PATH;
-exec java $javaOpts -jar "$jarpath" "$@"
+exec java $javaOpts -Djava.awt.headless=true -jar "$jarpath" "$@"