diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 8d5de4f3571..1dc534b7a45 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -93,3 +93,9 @@ 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:
diff --git a/test/t/test_make.py b/test/t/test_make.py
index 34fc7e5906a..49cbae749d0 100644
--- a/test/t/test_make.py
+++ b/test/t/test_make.py
@@ -12,12 +12,22 @@ def test_1(self, completion):
 
     @pytest.mark.complete("make .", cwd="make", require_cmd=True)
     def test_2(self, bash, completion):
+        import glob
+
+        print(f"Files in {bash.cwd}/make")
+        for filename in glob.iglob(f"{bash.cwd}/make/**/*", recursive=True):
+            print(filename)
         """Hidden targets."""
         assert completion == ".cache/ .test_passes".split()
         os.remove(f"{bash.cwd}/make/extra_makefile")
 
     @pytest.mark.complete("make .cache/", cwd="make", require_cmd=True)
     def test_3(self, bash, completion):
+        import glob
+
+        print(f"Files in {bash.cwd}/make")
+        for filename in glob.iglob(f"{bash.cwd}/make/**/*", recursive=True):
+            print(filename)
         assert completion == ".cache/1 .cache/2".split()
         os.remove(f"{bash.cwd}/make/extra_makefile")
 
@@ -31,6 +41,11 @@ def test_5(self, completion):
 
     @pytest.mark.complete("make ", cwd="make", require_cmd=True)
     def test_6(self, bash, completion):
+        import glob
+
+        print(f"Files in {bash.cwd}/make")
+        for filename in glob.iglob(f"{bash.cwd}/make/**/*", recursive=True):
+            print(filename)
         assert completion == "all clean extra_makefile install sample".split()
         os.remove(f"{bash.cwd}/make/extra_makefile")