From 4545122e5cfd52e0511d60d2a9b98757e62ed9a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benedict Geihe <bgeihe@uni-koeln.de>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 09:02:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add macos @loader_path rpath logic

---
 CMakeLists.txt | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 66945282af..dc44ad9229 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -169,9 +169,16 @@ cmake_path(RELATIVE_PATH libPath
     BASE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR} # Binary directory
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE relativeRpath
 )
-set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH $ORIGIN $ORIGIN/${relativeRpath})
+
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH true)
 
+if(APPLE)
+    set(CMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH true)
+    set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH @loader_path @loader_path/${relativeRpath})
+elseif(UNIX)
+    set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH $ORIGIN $ORIGIN/${relativeRpath})
+endif()
+
 if ( T8CODE_USE_SYSTEM_SC )
     find_package( SC REQUIRED )
 else()