diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1fad93640..bfba47c35 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 - On Windows, fix handling of surrogate pairs when dispatching `ReceivedCharacter`.
 - On macOS 10.15, fix freeze upon exiting exclusive fullscreen mode.
 - On iOS, fix null window on initial `HiDpiFactorChanged` event.
+- On macOS, fix events not being emitted during modal loops, such as when windows are being resized
+  by the user.
 - On Windows, fix hovering the mouse over the active window creating an endless stream of CursorMoved events.
 
 # 0.20.0 Alpha 3 (2019-08-14)
diff --git a/src/platform_impl/macos/app_state.rs b/src/platform_impl/macos/app_state.rs
index 4a18ed834..d063fe848 100644
--- a/src/platform_impl/macos/app_state.rs
+++ b/src/platform_impl/macos/app_state.rs
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ struct Handler {
     start_time: Mutex<Option<Instant>>,
     callback: Mutex<Option<Box<dyn EventHandler>>>,
     pending_events: Mutex<VecDeque<Event<Never>>>,
-    deferred_events: Mutex<VecDeque<Event<Never>>>,
     pending_redraw: Mutex<Vec<WindowId>>,
     waker: Mutex<EventLoopWaker>,
 }
@@ -97,10 +96,6 @@ impl Handler {
         self.pending_events.lock().unwrap()
     }
 
-    fn deferred<'a>(&'a self) -> MutexGuard<'a, VecDeque<Event<Never>>> {
-        self.deferred_events.lock().unwrap()
-    }
-
     fn redraw<'a>(&'a self) -> MutexGuard<'a, Vec<WindowId>> {
         self.pending_redraw.lock().unwrap()
     }
@@ -145,10 +140,6 @@ impl Handler {
         mem::replace(&mut *self.events(), Default::default())
     }
 
-    fn take_deferred(&self) -> VecDeque<Event<Never>> {
-        mem::replace(&mut *self.deferred(), Default::default())
-    }
-
     fn should_redraw(&self) -> Vec<WindowId> {
         mem::replace(&mut *self.redraw(), Default::default())
     }
@@ -264,20 +255,6 @@ impl AppState {
         HANDLER.events().append(&mut events);
     }
 
-    pub fn send_event_immediately(event: Event<Never>) {
-        if !unsafe { msg_send![class!(NSThread), isMainThread] } {
-            panic!("Event sent from different thread: {:#?}", event);
-        }
-        HANDLER.deferred().push_back(event);
-        if !HANDLER.get_in_callback() {
-            HANDLER.set_in_callback(true);
-            for event in HANDLER.take_deferred() {
-                HANDLER.handle_nonuser_event(event);
-            }
-            HANDLER.set_in_callback(false);
-        }
-    }
-
     pub fn cleared() {
         if !HANDLER.is_ready() {
             return;
diff --git a/src/platform_impl/macos/observer.rs b/src/platform_impl/macos/observer.rs
index 661ec82ef..10e78e0e2 100644
--- a/src/platform_impl/macos/observer.rs
+++ b/src/platform_impl/macos/observer.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ use crate::platform_impl::platform::{app_state::AppState, ffi};
 
 #[link(name = "CoreFoundation", kind = "framework")]
 extern "C" {
-    pub static kCFRunLoopDefaultMode: CFRunLoopMode;
     pub static kCFRunLoopCommonModes: CFRunLoopMode;
 
     pub fn CFRunLoopGetMain() -> CFRunLoopRef;
@@ -162,7 +161,7 @@ impl RunLoop {
             handler,
             ptr::null_mut(),
         );
-        CFRunLoopAddObserver(self.0, observer, kCFRunLoopDefaultMode);
+        CFRunLoopAddObserver(self.0, observer, kCFRunLoopCommonModes);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/platform_impl/macos/window_delegate.rs b/src/platform_impl/macos/window_delegate.rs
index 9bce9ce72..041edf61b 100644
--- a/src/platform_impl/macos/window_delegate.rs
+++ b/src/platform_impl/macos/window_delegate.rs
@@ -84,11 +84,7 @@ impl WindowDelegateState {
     pub fn emit_resize_event(&mut self) {
         let rect = unsafe { NSView::frame(*self.ns_view) };
         let size = LogicalSize::new(rect.size.width as f64, rect.size.height as f64);
-        let event = Event::WindowEvent {
-            window_id: WindowId(get_window_id(*self.ns_window)),
-            event: WindowEvent::Resized(size),
-        };
-        AppState::send_event_immediately(event);
+        self.emit_event(WindowEvent::Resized(size));
     }
 
     fn emit_move_event(&mut self) {