diff --git a/scripts/templates/osx/Project.xcconfig b/scripts/templates/osx/Project.xcconfig
index dd5e30c5d5e..3097a074fb9 100644
--- a/scripts/templates/osx/Project.xcconfig
+++ b/scripts/templates/osx/Project.xcconfig
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ ICON_FILE = $(OF_PATH)/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/osx/$(ICON_NAME)
 //APPSTORE, uncomment next lines to bundle data folder and code sign
 //OF_CODESIGN = 1
 //OF_BUNDLE_DATA_FOLDER = 1
+//OF_BUNDLE_DYLIBS = 1
 
 // BOOST - UNCOMMENT BELOW TO ENABLE BOOST
 //HEADER_BOOST = "$(OF_PATH)/libs/boost/include"
diff --git a/scripts/templates/osx/emptyExample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/scripts/templates/osx/emptyExample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 204b6501c38..b9a889f75eb 100644
--- a/scripts/templates/osx/emptyExample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/scripts/templates/osx/emptyExample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -477,6 +477,20 @@
 			],
 			"sourceTree": "<group>"
 		},
+		"E935D72329ADADAE00AC8EFD": {
+			"buildActionMask": "2147483647",
+			"runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing": "0",
+			"outputPaths": [],
+			"shellPath": "/bin/zsh",
+			"alwaysOutOfDate": "1",
+			"inputFileListPaths": [],
+			"isa": "PBXShellScriptBuildPhase",
+			"shellScript": "# make sure shell above is set to /bin/zsh\n#\n# requires `brew install dylibbundler` (v1.0.5 as of 20230121)\n#\n# activate via flag in Project.xcconfig\n#\n# note: dylib subdependencies (dylibs that load dylibs) will be found\n#\t\trecursively and bundled within the .app but might need doctoring \n#\t\tto work in both bundled or freestanding states.\n#\n\nif [ -z \"$OF_BUNDLE_DYLIBS\" ] ; then\n\techo \"Not bundling dylibs\";\nelse\n\techo \"Bundling dylibs\";\n\n\t\tflags=(${(@s: :)OTHER_LDFLAGS})\n\t\tdeclare -A paths\n\t\tsargs=\"\"\n\n\t# use the keys of an associative array to accumulate unique directories enclosing .dylibs based on OTHER_LDFLAGS\n\tfor ITEM in $flags; do\n\t\tif [[ $ITEM == *'.dylib' ]] then\n\t\t\td=$(dirname \"$ITEM\")\n\t\t\tpaths[$d]=$d\n\t\tfi\n\tdone\n\t\t\n\t# construct a list of -s args for dylibbuilder to find the dylibs\n\tfor key val in \"${(@kv)paths}\"; do\n\t\tsargs+=-s\\ $key\\ \n\tdone\n\n\t# do the thing\n\t/opt/homebrew/bin/dylibbundler -cd -b -x \"$TARGET_BUILD_DIR/$PRODUCT_NAME.app/Contents/MacOS/$PRODUCT_NAME\" -d \"$TARGET_BUILD_DIR/$PRODUCT_NAME.app/Contents/libs\" ${(s[ ])sargs}\n\nfi\n",
+			"files": [],
+			"inputPaths": [],
+			"outputFileListPaths": [],
+			"name": "Run Script — Bundle dylibs"
+		},
 		"E4B69B600A3A1757003C02F2": {
 			"baseConfigurationReference": "E4EB6923138AFD0F00A09F29",
 			"isa": "XCBuildConfiguration",
@@ -1754,7 +1768,8 @@
 				"E4B6FFFD0C3F9AB9008CF71C",
 				"E4C2427710CC5ABF004149E2",
 				"8466F1851C04CA0E00918B1C",
-				"19D6CF9228F07C000044A7EB"
+				"19D6CF9228F07C000044A7EB",
+				"E935D72329ADADAE00AC8EFD"
 			],
 			"dependencies": [],
 			"name": "emptyExample",