diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 1fb938f7c8..f3b8ba2611 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
-v1.3.0-alpha2 (XXXX-XX-XX)
---------------------------
+v1.3.0 (2013-05-XX)
+-------------------
+
+* fixed issue 505: statistics not populated on MacOS
+
+
+v1.3.0-rc1 (2013-04-24)
+-----------------------
+
+* updated documentation for 1.3.0
+
+* added node modules and npm packages
 
 * changed compaction to only compact datafiles with more at least 10% of dead
   documents (byte size-wise)
diff --git a/lib/BasicsC/operating-system.h b/lib/BasicsC/operating-system.h
index d9c666c0d9..4c7f50a576 100644
--- a/lib/BasicsC/operating-system.h
+++ b/lib/BasicsC/operating-system.h
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@
 #define TRI_HAVE_POSIX                      1
 
 #define TRI_HAVE_LINUX_SOCKETS              1
+#define TRI_HAVE_MACH                       1
 #define TRI_HAVE_MACOS_SPIN                 1
 #define TRI_HAVE_POSIX_THREADS              1
 #define TRI_HAVE_POSIX_MMAP                 1