diff --git a/Lib/webbrowser.py b/Lib/webbrowser.py
index 845f1d004c0..0292c3aa7ab 100755
--- a/Lib/webbrowser.py
+++ b/Lib/webbrowser.py
@@ -600,6 +600,7 @@ if sys.platform == 'darwin':
     # (but we prefer using the OS X specific stuff)
     register("safari", None, MacOSXOSAScript('safari'), -1)
     register("firefox", None, MacOSXOSAScript('firefox'), -1)
+    register("chrome", None, MacOSXOSAScript('chrome'), -1)
     register("MacOSX", None, MacOSXOSAScript('default'), -1)
 
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 667bff5eff0..016d3fb5f6b 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #24452: Make webbrowser support Chrome on Mac OS X.
+
 - Issue #20766: Fix references leaked by pdb in the handling of SIGINT
   handlers.