diff --git a/.changeset/clear-peas-fly.md b/.changeset/clear-peas-fly.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32da5927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/clear-peas-fly.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"cmake-rn": patch
+---
+
+Fix auto-linking failures due to lack of padding when renaming install name of libraries, by passing headerpad_max_install_names argument to linker.
diff --git a/packages/cmake-rn/src/platforms/apple.ts b/packages/cmake-rn/src/platforms/apple.ts
index c61c1e81..cb2e7f1b 100644
--- a/packages/cmake-rn/src/platforms/apple.ts
+++ b/packages/cmake-rn/src/platforms/apple.ts
@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ export const platform: Platform<Triplet[], AppleOpts> = {
               CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME: CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAMES[triplet],
               CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT: XCODE_SDK_NAMES[triplet],
               CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES: APPLE_ARCHITECTURES[triplet],
+              // Passing a linker flag to increase the header pad size to allow renaming the install name when linking it into the app.
+              CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS: "-Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names",
             },
             {
               // Setting the output directories works around an issue with Xcode generator
diff --git a/scripts/init-macos-test-app.ts b/scripts/init-macos-test-app.ts
index 7d3abd1e..1f80b1a7 100644
--- a/scripts/init-macos-test-app.ts
+++ b/scripts/init-macos-test-app.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ async function patchPackageJson() {
       APP_PATH,
       path.join(ROOT_PATH, "packages", "host"),
     ),
+    "weak-node-api": path.relative(
+      APP_PATH,
+      path.join(ROOT_PATH, "packages", "weak-node-api"),
+    ),
     ...Object.fromEntries(
       Object.entries(otherDependencies).filter(([name]) =>
         transferredDependencies.has(name),