diff --git a/src/emucore/Settings.cxx b/src/emucore/Settings.cxx
index 17ab8339d..887c22ce9 100644
--- a/src/emucore/Settings.cxx
+++ b/src/emucore/Settings.cxx
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ Settings::Settings()
 {
   myRespository = make_shared<KeyValueRepositoryNoop>();
 
+  // If no version is recorded with the persisted settings, we set it to zero
+  setPermanent(SETTINGS_VERSION_KEY, 0);
+
   // Video-related options
   setPermanent("video", "");
   setPermanent("speed", "1.0");
@@ -225,6 +228,8 @@ void Settings::load(const Options& options)
   for (const auto& opt: fromFile)
     setValue(opt.first, opt.second, false);
 
+  migrate();
+
   // Apply commandline options, which override those from settings file
   for(const auto& opt: options)
     setValue(opt.first, opt.second, false);
@@ -648,3 +653,29 @@ void Settings::setTemporary(const string& key, const Variant& value)
 {
   myTemporarySettings[key] = value;
 }
+
+// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+void Settings::migrateOne()
+{
+  const int version = getInt(SETTINGS_VERSION_KEY);
+  if (version >= SETTINGS_VERSION) return;
+
+  switch (version) {
+    case 0:
+      #if defined BSPF_MACOS || defined DARWIN
+        setPermanent("video", "");
+      #endif
+
+      break;
+  }
+
+  setPermanent(SETTINGS_VERSION_KEY, version + 1);
+}
+
+// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+void Settings::migrate()
+{
+  while (getInt(SETTINGS_VERSION_KEY) < SETTINGS_VERSION) migrateOne();
+
+  myRespository->save(SETTINGS_VERSION_KEY, SETTINGS_VERSION);
+}
diff --git a/src/emucore/Settings.hxx b/src/emucore/Settings.hxx
index f151dd814..eb1398e22 100644
--- a/src/emucore/Settings.hxx
+++ b/src/emucore/Settings.hxx
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ class Settings
 
     using Options = std::map<string, Variant>;
 
+    static constexpr int SETTINGS_VERSION = 1;
+    static constexpr const char* SETTINGS_VERSION_KEY = "settings.version";
+
   public:
     /**
       This method should be called to display usage information.
@@ -134,6 +137,16 @@ class Settings
     */
     void validate();
 
+    /**
+      Migrate settings over one version.
+     */
+    void migrateOne();
+
+    /**
+     Migrate settings.
+     */
+    void migrate();
+
   private:
     // Holds key/value pairs that are necessary for Stella to
     // function and must be saved on each program exit.