diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index cf31610386c..f9d4d4d8092 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -92,3 +92,9 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{github.token}}
         if: steps.release.outputs.release_created
+
+  distcheck-macos:
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: env PYTESTFLAGS="--verbose -p no:cacheprovider --color=yes" test/macos-script.sh
diff --git a/test/macos-script.sh b/test/macos-script.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..6cc067e4149
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/macos-script.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/sh -eux
+
+# Note that this script is intended to be run only in throwaway environments;
+# it may install undesirable things to system locations (if it succeeds in
+# that).
+
+brew install \
+    automake \
+    bash
+
+oldpwd=$(pwd)
+
+python3 -m venv venv
+#shellcheck disable=SC1091
+source venv/bin/activate
+python3 -m pip install -r test/requirements.txt
+
+export bashcomp_bash=bash
+env
+
+autoreconf -i
+./configure
+make -j
+
+make distcheck \
+    PYTESTFLAGS="${PYTESTFLAGS---verbose -p no:cacheprovider --numprocesses=auto --dist=loadfile}"
diff --git a/test/t/conftest.py b/test/t/conftest.py
index 8d38d873990..bbd6b1abb36 100644
--- a/test/t/conftest.py
+++ b/test/t/conftest.py
@@ -951,7 +951,9 @@ def prepare_fixture_dir(
     the tarball. This is to work better with case insensitive file systems.
     """
     tempdir = Path(tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="bash-completion-fixture-dir"))
-    request.addfinalizer(lambda: shutil.rmtree(str(tempdir)))
+    request.addfinalizer(
+        lambda: shutil.rmtree(str(tempdir), ignore_errors=True)
+    )
 
     old_cwd = os.getcwd()
     try: