diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d8f4680d..21a97e55 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - URLs are only launched when left-clicking
 - Removal of extra characters (like `,`) at the end of URLs has been improved
 - Single quotes (`'`) are removed from URLs when there is no matching opening quote
+- Precompiled binaries now work with macOS versions before 10.13 (10.11 and above)
 
 ## Version 0.2.4
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 974a4afa..9d61dbd6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ APP_DIR = $(RELEASE_DIR)/osx
 APP_BINARY = $(RELEASE_DIR)/$(TARGET)
 APP_BINARY_DIR  = $(APP_DIR)/$(APP_NAME)/Contents/MacOS
 
-export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = $(shell defaults read loginwindow SystemVersionStampAsString)
-
 DMG_NAME = Alacritty.dmg
 DMG_DIR = $(RELEASE_DIR)/osx
 
@@ -24,10 +22,7 @@ help: ## Prints help for targets with comments
 
 binary: | $(TARGET) ## Build release binary with cargo
 $(TARGET):
-ifneq ( "${MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET}" , "")
-	@echo MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=$${MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET}
-endif
-	cargo build --release
+	MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET="10.11" cargo build --release
 
 app: | $(APP_NAME) ## Clone Alacritty.app template and mount binary
 $(APP_NAME): $(TARGET) $(APP_TEMPLATE)