diff --git a/es-app/CMakeLists.txt b/es-app/CMakeLists.txt
index 159e3ff10..9d9ab2788 100644
--- a/es-app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/es-app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -352,6 +352,11 @@ endif()
 
 # Settings per operating system and generator type.
 if(APPLE)
+    # In case we're cross-compiling for x86_64 using an ARM processor.
+    if(CPU_ARCHITECTURE MATCHES arm64 AND CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES MATCHES x86_64)
+        set(CPU_ARCHITECTURE x64)
+    endif()
+
     set(CPACK_GENERATOR Bundle)
     set(CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME ES-DE_${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION}-${CPU_ARCHITECTURE})
     set(CPACK_DMG_VOLUME_NAME "ES-DE ${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION}")
diff --git a/tools/macOS_dependencies_build_x86_cross.sh b/tools/macOS_dependencies_build_x86_cross.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..970e2be48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/macOS_dependencies_build_x86_cross.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,411 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+#  ES-DE Frontend
+#  macOS_dependencies_build_x86_cross.sh
+#
+#  Builds the x86 external dependencies in-tree using cross-compilation on an ARM processor.
+#  The macOS_dependencies_setup.sh script must have been executed before this one.
+#  All sources will be recompiled from scratch every time this script is run.
+#  If manually compiling individual libraries, don't forget to set MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET.
+#
+#  This script needs to run from the root of the repository.
+#
+
+export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=11.0
+export CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES=x86_64
+export CFLAGS="-arch x86_64"
+export LDFLAGS="-arch x86_64"
+
+# How many CPU threads to use for the compilation.
+JOBS=8
+
+if [ ! -f .clang-format ]; then
+  echo "You need to run this script from the root of the repository."
+  exit
+fi
+
+cd external
+
+if [ ! -d FFmpeg ]; then
+  echo "You need to first run tools/macOS_dependencies_setup.sh to download and configure the dependencies."
+  exit
+fi
+
+echo "Building all dependencies in the ./external directory..."
+
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(pwd)/../local_install/lib/pkgconfig
+
+echo
+echo "Building libiconv"
+
+if [ ! -d libiconv ]; then
+  echo "libiconv directory is missing, aborting."
+  exit
+fi
+
+cd libiconv
+
+./configure --host=x86_64-apple-darwin --enable-static=yes --enable-shared=no --prefix=$(pwd)/../local_install
+make clean
+make -j${JOBS}
+make install
+cd ..
+
+echo
+echo "Building gettext"
+
+if [ ! -d gettext ]; then
+  echo "gettext directory is missing, aborting."
+  exit
+fi
+
+cd gettext
+
+./configure --host=x86_64-apple-darwin --disable-libasprintf --with-libiconv-prefix=$(pwd)/../local_install --prefix=$(pwd)/../local_install
+make clean
+make -j${JOBS}
+
+cd gettext-runtime/intl/.libs
+install_name_tool -id "@rpath/libintl.8.dylib" libintl.8.dylib
+cp libintl.8.dylib ../../../../../
+cd ../../../
+make install
+cd ..
+
+echo
+echo "Building ICU"
+
+if [ ! -d icu/icu4c ]; then
+  echo "icu/icu4c directory is missing, aborting."
+  exit
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f icu/icu4c/source/icu_filters.json ]; then
+  echo "icu/icu4c/source/icu_filters.json is missing, aborting."
+  exit
+fi
+
+cd icu/icu4c/source
+ICU_DATA_FILTER_FILE=icu_filters.json CXXFLAGS="-arch x86_64 -DUCONFIG_NO_COLLATION -DUCONFIG_NO_TRANSLITERATION" ./configure --host=x86_64-apple-darwin --disable-extras --disable-icuio --disable-samples --disable-tests
+make clean
+make -j${JOBS}
+cd lib
+install_name_tool -id "@rpath/libicudata.75.dylib" libicudata.75.1.dylib
+install_name_tool -id "@rpath/libicui18n.75.dylib" libicui18n.75.1.dylib
+install_name_tool -change $(otool -L libicui18n.75.1.dylib | grep libicuuc | cut -f1 -d' ' | sed 's/[[:blank:]]//g') @rpath/libicuuc.75.dylib libicui18n.75.1.dylib
+install_name_tool -change $(otool -L libicui18n.75.1.dylib | grep libicudata | cut -f1 -d' ' | sed 's/[[:blank:]]//g') @rpath/libicudata.75.dylib libicui18n.75.1.dylib
+install_name_tool -id "@rpath/libicuuc.75.dylib" libicuuc.75.1.dylib
+install_name_tool -change $(otool -L libicuuc.75.1.dylib | grep libicudata | cut -f1 -d' ' | sed 's/[[:blank:]]//g') @rpath/libicudata.75.dylib libicuuc.75.1.dylib
+cp libicudata.75.1.dylib ../../../../../libicudata.75.dylib
+cp libicui18n.75.1.dylib ../../../../../libicui18n.75.dylib
+cp libicuuc.75.1.dylib ../../../../../libicuuc.75.dylib
+cd ../../../../
+
+echo
+echo "Building libpng"
+
+if [ ! -d libpng ]; then
+  echo "libpng directory is missing, aborting."
+  exit
+fi
+
+cd libpng
+rm -f CMakeCache.txt
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DPNG_SHARED=off -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(pwd)/../local_install .
+make clean
+make -j${JOBS}
+make install
+cd ..
+
+echo
+echo "Building HarfBuzz"
+
+if [ ! -d harfbuzz/build ]; then
+  echo "harfbuzz directory is missing, aborting."
+  exit
+fi
+
+cd harfbuzz/build
+rm -f CMakeCache.txt
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DHB_BUILD_SUBSET=off ..
+make clean
+make -j${JOBS}
+cp libharfbuzz.dylib ../../../
+cd ../..
+
+echo
+echo "Building FreeType"
+
+if [ ! -d freetype/build ]; then
+  echo "FreeType directory is missing, aborting."
+  exit
+fi
+
+cd freetype/build
+rm -f CMakeCache.txt
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_HarfBuzz=on -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=on -DCMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH=on -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(pwd)/../../local_install -S .. -B .
+make clean
+make -j${JOBS}
+cp libfreetype.6.19.0.dylib ../../../libfreetype.6.dylib
+cd ../..
+
+echo
+echo "Building Fontconfig"
+
+if [ ! -d fontconfig ]; then
+  echo "fontconfig directory is missing, aborting."
+  exit
+fi
+
+cd fontconfig
+rm -rf builddir
+PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(pwd)/../local_install/lib/pkgconfig meson setup --buildtype=release --prefix $(pwd)/../local_install builddir
+cd builddir
+meson compile
+
+# This will fail if there are spaces in the build path.
+cd src
+install_name_tool -change $(otool -L libfontconfig.1.dylib | grep libfreetype | cut -f1 -d' ' | sed 's/[[:blank:]]//g') @rpath/libfreetype.6.dylib libfontconfig.1.dylib
+cd ..
+
+meson install
+cp src/libfontconfig.1.dylib ../../../
+cd ../..
+
+echo
+echo "Building libjpeg-turbo"
+
+if [ ! -d libjpeg-turbo ]; then
+  echo "libjpeg-turbo directory is missing, aborting."
+  exit
+fi
+
+cd libjpeg-turbo/build
+rm -f CMakeCache.txt
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(pwd)/../../local_install -B . -S ..
+make clean
+make -j${JOBS}
+make install
+cp libjpeg.62.4.0.dylib ../../../libjpeg.62.dylib
+cd ../..
+
+echo
+echo "Building LibTIFF"
+
+if [ ! -d libtiff ]; then
+  echo "libtiff directory is missing, aborting."
+  exit
+fi
+
+cd libtiff/build
+rm -f CMakeCache.txt
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -Dtiff-tools=off -Dtiff-tests=off -Dtiff-contrib=off -Dtiff-docs=off -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(pwd)/../../local_install -B . -S ..
+make clean
+make -j${JOBS}
+make install
+cp libtiff/libtiff.6.0.1.dylib ../../../libtiff.6.dylib
+cd ../..
+
+echo
+echo "Building OpenJPEG"
+
+if [ ! -d openjpeg ]; then
+  echo "openjpeg directory is missing, aborting."
+  exit
+fi
+
+cd openjpeg/build
+rm -f CMakeCache.txt
+PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(pwd)/../local_install/lib/pkgconfig cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(pwd)/../../local_install -S .. -B .
+make clean
+make -j${JOBS}
+make install
+cp bin/libopenjp2.2.5.0.dylib ../../../libopenjp2.7.dylib
+cd ../..
+
+echo
+echo "Building Poppler"
+
+if [ ! -d poppler ]; then
+  echo "poppler directory is missing, aborting."
+  exit
+fi
+
+cd poppler/build
+rm -f CMakeCache.txt
+PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(pwd)/../local_install/lib/pkgconfig cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$(pwd)/../../local_install \
+-DENABLE_UTILS=off -DBUILD_CPP_TESTS=off -DENABLE_LIBCURL=off -DRUN_GPERF_IF_PRESENT=off -DENABLE_QT5=off -DENABLE_QT6=off -DENABLE_BOOST=off -DENABLE_GLIB=off -DENABLE_NSS3=off -S .. -B .
+make clean
+make -j${JOBS}
+
+# This will fail if there are spaces in the build path.
+install_name_tool -change $(otool -L libpoppler.129.dylib | grep libfreetype | cut -f1 -d' ' | sed 's/[[:blank:]]//g') @rpath/libfreetype.6.dylib libpoppler.129.dylib
+install_name_tool -change $(otool -L libpoppler.129.dylib | grep libfontconfig | cut -f1 -d' ' | sed 's/[[:blank:]]//g') @rpath/libfontconfig.1.dylib libpoppler.129.dylib
+
+cp libpoppler.129.0.0.dylib ../../../libpoppler.129.dylib
+cp cpp/libpoppler-cpp.0.11.0.dylib ../../../libpoppler-cpp.0.dylib
+cd ../..
+
+echo
+echo "Building FreeImage"
+
+if [ ! -d freeimage/FreeImage ]; then
+  echo "FreeImage directory is missing, aborting."
+  exit
+fi
+
+cd freeimage/FreeImage
+cat Makefile.osx | sed s/"COMPILERFLAGS_X86_64 = -arch arm64"/"COMPILERFLAGS_X86_64 = -arch x86_64"/ > Makefile.osx_TEMP
+cat Makefile.osx_TEMP | sed s/"\$(LIBTOOL) -arch_only arm64 -o \$@ \$(MODULES_X86_64)"/"\$(LIBTOOL) -arch_only x86_64 -o \$@ \$(MODULES_X86_64)"/ > Makefile.osx
+rm Makefile.osx_TEMP
+
+make clean
+make -j${JOBS}
+cp libfreeimage.a ../../..
+cd ../..
+
+echo
+echo "Building libgit2"
+
+if [ ! -d libgit2/build ]; then
+  echo "libgit2 directory is missing, aborting."
+  exit
+fi
+
+cd libgit2/build
+rm -f CMakeCache.txt
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF ..
+make clean
+make -j${JOBS}
+cp libgit2.1.7.1.dylib ../../../libgit2.1.7.dylib
+cd ../..
+
+echo
+echo "Building pugixml"
+
+if [ ! -d pugixml ]; then
+  echo "pugixml directory is missing, aborting."
+  exit
+fi
+
+cd pugixml
+rm -f CMakeCache.txt
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .
+make clean
+make -j${JOBS}
+cp libpugixml.a ../..
+cd ..
+
+echo
+echo "Building SDL"
+
+if [ ! -d SDL/build ]; then
+  echo "SDL directory is missing, aborting."
+  exit
+fi
+
+cd SDL/build
+rm -f CMakeCache.txt
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -S .. -B .
+make clean
+make -j${JOBS}
+cp libSDL2-2.0.0.dylib ../../..
+cd ../..
+
+echo
+echo "Building libvpx"
+
+if [ ! -d libvpx ]; then
+  echo "libvpx directory is missing, aborting."
+  exit
+fi
+
+cd libvpx
+./configure --disable-examples --disable-docs --disable-tools --disable-unit-tests --enable-pic --enable-vp9-highbitdepth --prefix=$(pwd)/../local_install
+make clean
+arch -x86_64 make -j${JOBS}
+make install
+cd ..
+
+echo
+echo "Building Ogg"
+
+if [ ! -d ogg ]; then
+  echo "Ogg directory is missing, aborting."
+  exit
+fi
+
+cd ogg
+rm -f CMakeCache.txt
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(pwd)/../local_install .
+make clean
+make -j${JOBS}
+make install
+cd ..
+
+echo
+echo "Building Vorbis"
+
+if [ ! -d vorbis ]; then
+  echo "Vorbis directory is missing, aborting."
+  exit
+fi
+
+cd vorbis
+rm -f CMakeCache.txt
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=on -DCMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH=on -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(pwd)/../local_install .
+make clean
+make -j${JOBS}
+make install
+cp lib/libvorbisenc.2.0.12.dylib ../..
+cp lib/libvorbis.0.4.9.dylib ../..
+cd ..
+
+echo
+echo "Building Opus"
+
+if [ ! -d opus ]; then
+  echo "Opus directory is missing, aborting."
+  exit
+fi
+
+cd opus
+rm -f CMakeCache.txt
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(pwd)/../local_install .
+make clean
+make -j${JOBS}
+make install
+cd ..
+
+echo
+echo "Building FFmpeg"
+
+if [ ! -d FFmpeg ]; then
+  echo "FFmpeg directory is missing, aborting."
+  exit
+fi
+
+cd FFmpeg
+PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(pwd)/../local_install/lib/pkgconfig ./configure --arch=x86_64 --cpu=x86_64 --prefix=/usr/local --enable-rpath --install-name-dir=@rpath --disable-doc --disable-lzma --enable-gpl --enable-shared --enable-libvorbis --enable-libopus --enable-libvpx --enable-postproc
+make clean
+make -j${JOBS}
+install_name_tool -rpath /usr/local/lib @executable_path libavcodec/libavcodec.60.dylib
+cp libavcodec/libavcodec.60.dylib ../..
+install_name_tool -rpath /usr/local/lib @executable_path libavfilter/libavfilter.9.dylib
+cp libavfilter/libavfilter.9.dylib ../..
+install_name_tool -rpath /usr/local/lib @executable_path libavformat/libavformat.60.dylib
+cp libavformat/libavformat.60.dylib ../..
+install_name_tool -rpath /usr/local/lib @executable_path libavutil/libavutil.58.dylib
+cp libavutil/libavutil.58.dylib ../..
+install_name_tool -rpath /usr/local/lib @executable_path libpostproc/libpostproc.57.dylib
+cp libpostproc/libpostproc.57.dylib ../..
+install_name_tool -rpath /usr/local/lib @executable_path libswresample/libswresample.4.dylib
+cp libswresample/libswresample.4.dylib ../..
+install_name_tool -rpath /usr/local/lib @executable_path libswscale/libswscale.7.dylib
+cp libswscale/libswscale.7.dylib ../..
+
+unset PKG_CONFIG_PATH
+
+echo
+echo "Done building all dependencies."