diff --git a/extern/draco/CMakeLists.txt b/extern/draco/CMakeLists.txt
index 628d2b8389b..0f52722e3a2 100644
--- a/extern/draco/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/extern/draco/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,3 +29,13 @@ target_include_directories(extern_draco PUBLIC "${INC}")
 target_link_libraries(extern_draco PUBLIC "${LIB}")
 
 blender_source_group(extern_draco "${SRC}")
+
+if (APPLE)
+  # On macOS, prevent the draco library (already present in the application bundle) from being wrongly copied into the
+  # Xcode archive used for application distribution, which pollutes the archive and prevents it from being properly
+  # recognized. This effectively corrects a bad implicit CMake behavior for `SHARED` library targets on Xcode.
+  set_target_properties(extern_draco PROPERTIES
+    XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_SKIP_INSTALL "YES"
+    XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_INSTALL_PATH ""
+  )
+endif()
diff --git a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt b/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
index f710fe33618..334986b16c7 100644
--- a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1614,6 +1614,12 @@ elseif(APPLE)
     MACOSX_BUNDLE_LONG_VERSION_STRING "${BLENDER_VERSION}.${BLENDER_VERSION_PATCH} ${BLENDER_DATE}"
   )
 
+  # Xcode Archiving support for distributing the application (Testflight, App Store Connect, etc...)
+  set_target_properties(blender PROPERTIES
+    XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_SKIP_INSTALL "NO"
+    XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_INSTALL_PATH "$(LOCAL_APPS_DIR)"
+  )
+
   if(WITH_BLENDER_THUMBNAILER)
     set(OSX_THUMBNAILER_SOURCEDIR ${OSX_APP_SOURCEDIR}/Contents/PlugIns/blender-thumbnailer.appex)
     set_target_properties(blender-thumbnailer PROPERTIES