diff --git a/eng/install-native-dependencies.sh b/eng/install-native-dependencies.sh
index 8dcb6dd299726..b7d7c33a010b8 100755
--- a/eng/install-native-dependencies.sh
+++ b/eng/install-native-dependencies.sh
@@ -1,52 +1,51 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
 
 # This is a simple script primarily used for CI to install necessary dependencies
 #
-# For CI typical usage is
-#
-# ./install-native-dependencies.sh <OS> <arch> azDO
-#
-# For developer use it is not recommended to include the azDO final argument as that
-# makes installation and configuration setting only required for azDO
-#
-# So simple developer usage would currently be
+# Usage:
 #
 # ./install-native-dependencies.sh <OS>
 
-if [ "$1" = "Linux" ]; then
-    sudo apt update
-    if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
-       exit 1;
-    fi
-    sudo apt install cmake llvm-3.9 clang-3.9 lldb-3.9 liblldb-3.9-dev libunwind8 libunwind8-dev gettext libicu-dev liblttng-ust-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev libkrb5-dev libnuma-dev build-essential
-    if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
-        exit 1;
-    fi
-elif [[ "$1" == "MacCatalyst" || "$1" == "OSX" || "$1" == "tvOS" || "$1" == "iOS" ]]; then
-    engdir=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")
-
-    echo "Installed xcode version: `xcode-select -p`"
-
-    if [ "$3" = "azDO" ]; then
-        # workaround for old osx images on hosted agents
-        # piped in case we get an agent without these values installed
-        if ! brew_output="$(brew uninstall openssl@1.0.2t 2>&1 >/dev/null)"; then
-            echo "didn't uninstall openssl@1.0.2t"
-        else
-            echo "successfully uninstalled openssl@1.0.2t"
-        fi
-    fi
-
-    export HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP=1
-    export HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALLED_DEPENDENTS_CHECK=1
-    # Skip brew update for now, see https://github.com/actions/setup-python/issues/577
-    # brew update --preinstall
-    brew bundle --no-upgrade --no-lock --file "${engdir}/Brewfile"
-    if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
-        exit 1;
-    fi
-else
-    echo "Must pass \"Linux\", \"tvOS\", \"iOS\" or \"OSX\" as first argument."
-    exit 1
+os="$(echo "$1" | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]")"
+
+if [ -z "$os" ]; then
+    . "$(dirname "$0")"/native/init-os-and-arch.sh
+    os="$(echo "$os" | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]")"
 fi
 
+case "$os" in
+    linux)
+        if [ -e /etc/os-release ]; then
+            . /etc/os-release
+        fi
+
+        if [ "$ID" != "debian" ] && [ "$ID_LIKE" != "debian" ]; then
+            echo "Unsupported distro. distro: $ID"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+
+        apt update
+
+        apt install -y build-essential gettext locales cmake llvm clang lldb liblldb-dev libunwind8-dev libicu-dev liblttng-ust-dev \
+            libssl-dev libkrb5-dev libnuma-dev zlib1g-dev
+
+        localedef -i en_US -c -f UTF-8 -A /usr/share/locale/locale.alias en_US.UTF-8
+        ;;
+
+    osx|mac*|ios*|tvos*)
+        echo "Installed xcode version: $(xcode-select -p)"
+
+        export HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP=1
+        export HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALLED_DEPENDENTS_CHECK=1
+        # Skip brew update for now, see https://github.com/actions/setup-python/issues/577
+        # brew update --preinstall
+        brew bundle --no-upgrade --no-lock --file "$(dirname "$0")/Brewfile"
+        ;;
+
+    *)
+        echo "Unsupported platform. OS: $os"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
diff --git a/eng/pipelines/common/global-build-job.yml b/eng/pipelines/common/global-build-job.yml
index 6bcd0f30acc3d..7f40a13b1529d 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/common/global-build-job.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/common/global-build-job.yml
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ jobs:
             targetRID: banana.24-x64
             runtimeOS: linux
 
-    - ${{ if in(parameters.osGroup, 'OSX', 'iOS', 'tvOS', 'MacCatalyst') }}:
+    - ${{ if in(parameters.osGroup, 'OSX', 'MacCatalyst', 'iOS', 'iOSSimulator', 'tvOS', 'tvOSSimulator') }}:
       - script: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/install-native-dependencies.sh ${{ parameters.osGroup }} ${{ parameters.archType }} azDO
         displayName: Install Build Dependencies
 
diff --git a/eng/pipelines/common/templates/runtimes/build-test-job.yml b/eng/pipelines/common/templates/runtimes/build-test-job.yml
index 764446c77e86b..3abd56c45c9e1 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/common/templates/runtimes/build-test-job.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/common/templates/runtimes/build-test-job.yml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
     # Install test build dependencies
-    - ${{ if eq(parameters.osGroup, 'OSX') }}:
+    - ${{ if in(parameters.osGroup, 'OSX', 'MacCatalyst', 'iOS', 'iOSSimulator', 'tvOS', 'tvOSSimulator') }}:
       - script: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/install-native-dependencies.sh $(osGroup) ${{ parameters.archType }} azDO
         displayName: Install native dependencies
 
diff --git a/eng/pipelines/coreclr/templates/build-jit-job.yml b/eng/pipelines/coreclr/templates/build-jit-job.yml
index bdd1a29ac8b99..96579d93c3aaf 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/coreclr/templates/build-jit-job.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/coreclr/templates/build-jit-job.yml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
     # Linux builds use docker images with dependencies preinstalled,
     # and FreeBSD builds use a build agent with dependencies
     # preinstalled, so we only need this step for OSX and Windows.
-    - ${{ if eq(parameters.osGroup, 'OSX') }}:
+    - ${{ if in(parameters.osGroup, 'OSX', 'MacCatalyst', 'iOS', 'iOSSimulator', 'tvOS', 'tvOSSimulator') }}:
       - script: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/install-native-dependencies.sh $(osGroup) ${{ parameters.archType }} azDO
         displayName: Install native dependencies (OSX)
 
diff --git a/eng/pipelines/coreclr/templates/build-job.yml b/eng/pipelines/coreclr/templates/build-job.yml
index 56b5619b5ab34..07482ffc3d5f7 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/coreclr/templates/build-job.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/coreclr/templates/build-job.yml
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ jobs:
     # Linux builds use docker images with dependencies preinstalled,
     # and FreeBSD builds use a build agent with dependencies
     # preinstalled, so we only need this step for OSX and Windows.
-    - ${{ if eq(parameters.osGroup, 'OSX') }}:
+    - ${{ if in(parameters.osGroup, 'OSX', 'MacCatalyst', 'iOS', 'iOSSimulator', 'tvOS', 'tvOSSimulator') }}:
       - script: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/install-native-dependencies.sh $(osGroup) ${{ parameters.archType }} azDO
         displayName: Install native dependencies
 
diff --git a/eng/pipelines/installer/jobs/base-job.yml b/eng/pipelines/installer/jobs/base-job.yml
index d9b3aa83eca5f..0155c095669c5 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/installer/jobs/base-job.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/installer/jobs/base-job.yml
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ jobs:
         displayName: 'Libraries artifacts'
         cleanUnpackFolder: false
 
-  - ${{ if in(parameters.osGroup, 'OSX', 'iOS', 'tvOS') }}:
+  - ${{ if in(parameters.osGroup, 'OSX', 'MacCatalyst', 'iOS', 'iOSSimulator', 'tvOS', 'tvOSSimulator') }}:
     - script: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/install-native-dependencies.sh ${{ parameters.osGroup }} ${{ parameters.archType }} azDO
       displayName: Install Build Dependencies
 
diff --git a/eng/pipelines/libraries/build-job.yml b/eng/pipelines/libraries/build-job.yml
index 5e84ed9b06b7c..72611feef3bb4 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/libraries/build-job.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/libraries/build-job.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
         - ${{ if eq(parameters.isOfficialBuild, true) }}:
           - template: /eng/pipelines/common/restore-internal-tools.yml
 
-        - ${{ if in(parameters.osGroup, 'OSX', 'iOS', 'tvOS') }}:
+        - ${{ if in(parameters.osGroup, 'OSX', 'MacCatalyst', 'iOS', 'iOSSimulator', 'tvOS', 'tvOSSimulator') }}:
           - script: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/install-native-dependencies.sh ${{ parameters.osGroup }} ${{ parameters.archType }} azDO
             displayName: Install Build Dependencies
 
diff --git a/eng/pipelines/libraries/run-test-job.yml b/eng/pipelines/libraries/run-test-job.yml
index 02113a43903e8..b202278e52103 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/libraries/run-test-job.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/libraries/run-test-job.yml
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ jobs:
             artifactFileName: $(librariesTestsArtifactName)$(archiveExtension)
             unpackFolder: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/artifacts
 
+        - ${{ if in(parameters.osGroup, 'OSX', 'MacCatalyst', 'iOS', 'iOSSimulator', 'tvOS', 'tvOSSimulator') }}:
+          - script: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/install-native-dependencies.sh ${{ parameters.osGroup }}
+            displayName: Install Build Dependencies
+
         - ${{ if ne(parameters.liveRuntimeBuildConfig, '') }}:
           - script: $(_buildScript)
                     -subset host.native+libs.pretest
diff --git a/eng/pipelines/mono/templates/build-job.yml b/eng/pipelines/mono/templates/build-job.yml
index ac1e23915b478..b8bedb3a1488f 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/mono/templates/build-job.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/mono/templates/build-job.yml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
     # Linux builds use docker images with dependencies preinstalled,
     # and FreeBSD builds use a build agent with dependencies
     # preinstalled, so we only need this step for OSX and Windows.
-    - ${{ if in(parameters.osGroup, 'OSX', 'iOS', 'tvOS') }}:
+    - ${{ if in(parameters.osGroup, 'OSX', 'MacCatalyst', 'iOS', 'iOSSimulator', 'tvOS', 'tvOSSimulator') }}:
       - script: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/install-native-dependencies.sh $(osGroup) ${{ parameters.archType }} azDO
         displayName: Install native dependencies
 
diff --git a/eng/pipelines/mono/templates/generate-offsets.yml b/eng/pipelines/mono/templates/generate-offsets.yml
index 6c84674b2becf..6a9b125271586 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/mono/templates/generate-offsets.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/mono/templates/generate-offsets.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
     # Linux builds use docker images with dependencies preinstalled,
     # and FreeBSD builds use a build agent with dependencies
     # preinstalled, so we only need this step for OSX and Windows.
-    - ${{ if in(parameters.osGroup, 'OSX', 'iOS', 'tvOS') }}:
+    - ${{ if in(parameters.osGroup, 'OSX', 'MacCatalyst', 'iOS', 'iOSSimulator', 'tvOS', 'tvOSSimulator') }}:
       - script: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/install-native-dependencies.sh $(osGroup) ${{ parameters.archType }} azDO
         displayName: Install native dependencies