diff --git a/src/bonsaiviewer/CMakeLists.txt b/src/bonsaiviewer/CMakeLists.txt
index 69f07fd804..29ed79e00c 100644
--- a/src/bonsaiviewer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/bonsaiviewer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -120,6 +120,19 @@ set_target_properties(BonsaiViewer PROPERTIES
     MACOSX_BUNDLE ON
 )
 
+# macOS bundle runtime layout. BonsaiViewer's exe has
+# `LC_LOAD_DYLIB @rpath/libwgpu_native.dylib` (CMake bakes that in from
+# the dylib's own install_name). Without an LC_RPATH entry pointing at
+# the bundle's Frameworks/ dir, dyld aborts at launch with
+# "no LC_RPATH's found". Set the standard macOS app-bundle rpath so
+# the load resolves; the wgpu CMakeLists installs the dylib straight
+# into BonsaiViewer.app/Contents/Frameworks for us.
+if(APPLE)
+    set_target_properties(BonsaiViewer PROPERTIES
+        INSTALL_RPATH "@executable_path/../Frameworks"
+    )
+endif()
+
 target_link_libraries(BonsaiViewer PRIVATE
     # IfcViewer still ships SceneLoader / Federation / GeometryStreamer /
     # SidecarBuilder until the GL ViewportWindow is deleted. IfcViewerWgpu
diff --git a/src/ifcviewer-wgpu/CMakeLists.txt b/src/ifcviewer-wgpu/CMakeLists.txt
index 322417bd5e..d304a9d5b7 100644
--- a/src/ifcviewer-wgpu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/ifcviewer-wgpu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -173,10 +173,20 @@ install(FILES ${IFCVIEWER_WGPU_H_FILES}
 # Install the wgpu_native shared library so the deployed runtime can find it.
 # At build/run-from-build-tree time CMake adds wgpu_native_SOURCE_DIR to the
 # binary's rpath automatically (IMPORTED_LOCATION dirname).
-if(NOT WIN32)
-    install(FILES "${wgpu_native_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/${_wgpu_lib}" DESTINATION lib)
-else()
+#
+# macOS: drop libwgpu_native.dylib straight into BonsaiViewer.app's
+# Frameworks/. The exe has `LC_LOAD_DYLIB @rpath/libwgpu_native.dylib`
+# (baked from the dylib's install_name), and BonsaiViewer's
+# INSTALL_RPATH is set to @executable_path/../Frameworks — together
+# they resolve at launch without depending on macdeployqt to follow
+# non-Qt @rpath references.
+if(WIN32)
     install(FILES "${wgpu_native_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/${_wgpu_runtime}" DESTINATION bin)
+elseif(APPLE AND BUILD_BONSAIVIEWER)
+    install(FILES "${wgpu_native_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/${_wgpu_lib}"
+            DESTINATION "BonsaiViewer.app/Contents/Frameworks")
+else()
+    install(FILES "${wgpu_native_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/${_wgpu_lib}" DESTINATION lib)
 endif()
 
 if(BUILD_BONSAIVIEWER_TESTS)