diff --git a/src/comp.c b/src/comp.c
index 15d85d30fc..c51d13ade1 100644
--- a/src/comp.c
+++ b/src/comp.c
@@ -4060,6 +4060,10 @@ DEFUN ("comp-el-to-eln-filename", Fcomp_el_to_eln_filename,
       FOR_EACH_TAIL (loadsearch_list)
 	loadsearch_re_list =
 	  Fcons (Fregexp_quote (XCAR (loadsearch_list)), loadsearch_re_list);
+      loadsearch_re_list =
+	Fcons (
+	  build_string ("^[[:ascii:]]+/Emacs\\.app/Contents/Resources/lisp"),
+	  loadsearch_re_list);
     }
   Lisp_Object loadsearch_res = loadsearch_re_list;
   FOR_EACH_TAIL (loadsearch_res)