diff --git a/crates/bds-core/build.rs b/crates/bds-core/build.rs
index 3a8149e..4f9a7ec 100644
--- a/crates/bds-core/build.rs
+++ b/crates/bds-core/build.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 fn main() {
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=migrations");
+    if std::env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_OS").as_deref() == Ok("macos") {
+        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=framework=CoreML");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/bds-ui/tests/packaging_assets.rs b/crates/bds-ui/tests/packaging_assets.rs
index 764d56b..2947336 100644
--- a/crates/bds-ui/tests/packaging_assets.rs
+++ b/crates/bds-ui/tests/packaging_assets.rs
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ fn desktop_packages_have_native_icons_and_cargo_commands() {
     assert!(core_manifest.contains("crate-type = [\"dylib\"]"));
     assert!(core_manifest.contains("[target.'cfg(target_os = \"windows\")'.dependencies]"));
     assert!(core_manifest.contains("libwebp-sys = { workspace = true, features = [\"sse41\"] }"));
+    let core_build = fs::read_to_string(Path::new(CRATE_DIR).join("../bds-core/build.rs")).unwrap();
+    assert!(core_build.contains("cargo:rustc-link-lib=framework=CoreML"));
     let server_manifest =
         fs::read_to_string(Path::new(CRATE_DIR).join("../bds-server/Cargo.toml")).unwrap();
     assert!(server_manifest.contains("crate-type = [\"dylib\"]"));