diff --git a/.github/workflows/reuse_python_build.yml b/.github/workflows/reuse_python_build.yml
index 9a345d0..a1e0dc1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reuse_python_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reuse_python_build.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
-        os: ["ubuntu-latest", "windows-latest"]
+        os: ["ubuntu-latest", "windows-latest", "macos-latest"]
     env:
       PYTHON: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       CODEARTIFACT_REGION: "us-west-2"
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ jobs:
         aws-region: us-west-2
         mask-aws-account-id: true
 
-    - name: Setup CodeArtifact Linux
-      if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'}}
+    - name: Setup CodeArtifact Unix
+      if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' || matrix.os == 'macos-latest' }}
       run: |
         CODEARTIFACT_AUTH_TOKEN=$(aws codeartifact get-authorization-token --domain ${{ secrets.CODEARTIFACT_DOMAIN }} --domain-owner ${{ secrets.CODEARTIFACT_ACCOUNT_ID }} --query authorizationToken --output text --region us-west-2)
         echo "::add-mask::$CODEARTIFACT_AUTH_TOKEN"
diff --git a/src/openjd/adaptor_runtime/_http/request_handler.py b/src/openjd/adaptor_runtime/_http/request_handler.py
index 457dc0b..cc8c6b5 100644
--- a/src/openjd/adaptor_runtime/_http/request_handler.py
+++ b/src/openjd/adaptor_runtime/_http/request_handler.py
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
 import urllib.parse as urllib_parse
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from http import HTTPStatus, server
-from typing import Callable, Type
+from typing import Any, Callable, Type
 
+from .._osname import OSName
 from .exceptions import UnsupportedPlatformException
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -120,13 +121,27 @@ def _authenticate(self) -> bool:
                 "Failed to handle request because it was not made through a UNIX socket"
             )
 
+        peercred_opt_level: Any
+        peercred_opt: Any
+        cred_cls: Any
+        if OSName.is_macos():  # pragma: no cover
+            # SOL_LOCAL is not defined in Python's socket module, need to hardcode it
+            # source: https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/xnu/blob/1031c584a5e37aff177559b9f69dbd3c8c3fd30a/bsd/sys/un.h#L85
+            peercred_opt_level = 0  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+            peercred_opt = socket.LOCAL_PEERCRED  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+            cred_cls = XUCred
+        else:  # pragma: no cover
+            peercred_opt_level = socket.SOL_SOCKET  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+            peercred_opt = socket.SO_PEERCRED  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+            cred_cls = UCred
+
         # Get the credentials of the peer process
         cred_buffer = self.connection.getsockopt(
-            socket.SOL_SOCKET,  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
-            socket.SO_PEERCRED,  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
-            socket.CMSG_SPACE(ctypes.sizeof(UCred)),  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+            peercred_opt_level,
+            peercred_opt,
+            socket.CMSG_SPACE(ctypes.sizeof(cred_cls)),  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
         )
-        peer_cred = UCred.from_buffer_copy(cred_buffer)
+        peer_cred = cred_cls.from_buffer_copy(cred_buffer)
 
         # Only allow connections from a process running as the same user
         return peer_cred.uid == os.getuid()  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
@@ -149,6 +164,26 @@ def __str__(self):  # pragma: no cover
         return f"pid:{self.pid} uid:{self.uid} gid:{self.gid}"
 
 
+class XUCred(ctypes.Structure):
+    """
+    Represents the xucred struct returned from the LOCAL_PEERCRED socket option.
+
+    For more info, see LOCAL_PEERCRED in the unix(4) man page
+    """
+
+    _fields_ = [
+        ("version", ctypes.c_uint),
+        ("uid", ctypes.c_uint),
+        ("ngroups", ctypes.c_short),
+        # cr_groups is a uint array of NGROUPS elements, which is defined as 16
+        # source:
+        # - https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/xnu/blob/1031c584a5e37aff177559b9f69dbd3c8c3fd30a/bsd/sys/ucred.h#L207
+        # - https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/xnu/blob/1031c584a5e37aff177559b9f69dbd3c8c3fd30a/bsd/sys/param.h#L100
+        # - https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/xnu/blob/1031c584a5e37aff177559b9f69dbd3c8c3fd30a/bsd/sys/syslimits.h#L100
+        ("groups", ctypes.c_uint * 16),
+    ]
+
+
 @dataclass
 class HTTPResponse:
     """
diff --git a/src/openjd/adaptor_runtime/_http/sockets.py b/src/openjd/adaptor_runtime/_http/sockets.py
index 4929a35..58e3e34 100644
--- a/src/openjd/adaptor_runtime/_http/sockets.py
+++ b/src/openjd/adaptor_runtime/_http/sockets.py
@@ -152,8 +152,29 @@ def verify_socket_path(self, path: str) -> None:
             )
 
 
+class MacOSSocketDirectories(SocketDirectories):
+    """
+    Specialization for socket paths in macOS systems.
+    """
+
+    # This is based on the max length of socket names to 104 bytes
+    # See https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/xnu/blob/1031c584a5e37aff177559b9f69dbd3c8c3fd30a/bsd/sys/un.h#L79
+    _socket_path_max_length = 104
+    _socket_dir_max_length = _socket_path_max_length - _PID_MAX_LENGTH_PADDED
+
+    def verify_socket_path(self, path: str) -> None:
+        path_length = len(path.encode("utf-8"))
+        if path_length > self._socket_dir_max_length:
+            raise NonvalidSocketPathException(
+                "Socket base directory path too big. The maximum allowed size is "
+                f"{self._socket_dir_max_length} bytes, but the directory has a size of "
+                f"{path_length}: {path}"
+            )
+
+
 _os_map: dict[str, type[SocketDirectories]] = {
     OSName.LINUX: LinuxSocketDirectories,
+    OSName.MACOS: MacOSSocketDirectories,
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/openjd/adaptor_runtime/_osname.py b/src/openjd/adaptor_runtime/_osname.py
index a7ba749..cbe4524 100644
--- a/src/openjd/adaptor_runtime/_osname.py
+++ b/src/openjd/adaptor_runtime/_osname.py
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ def __new__(cls, *args, **kw):
         return str.__new__(cls, *args, **kw)
 
     @staticmethod
-    def is_macos(name: str) -> bool:
+    def is_macos(name: Optional[str] = None) -> bool:
+        name = OSName._get_os_name() if name is None else name
         return OSName.resolve_os_name(name) == OSName.MACOS
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/src/openjd/adaptor_runtime_client/connection.py b/src/openjd/adaptor_runtime_client/connection.py
index c30d681..ff65224 100644
--- a/src/openjd/adaptor_runtime_client/connection.py
+++ b/src/openjd/adaptor_runtime_client/connection.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 import socket as _socket
 import ctypes as _ctypes
 import os as _os
+from sys import platform
+from typing import Any
 from http.client import HTTPConnection as _HTTPConnection
 
 
@@ -29,6 +31,26 @@ def __str__(self):  # pragma: no cover
         return f"pid:{self.pid} uid:{self.uid} gid:{self.gid}"
 
 
+class XUCred(_ctypes.Structure):
+    """
+    Represents the xucred struct returned from the LOCAL_PEERCRED socket option.
+
+    For more info, see LOCAL_PEERCRED in the unix(4) man page
+    """
+
+    _fields_ = [
+        ("version", _ctypes.c_uint),
+        ("uid", _ctypes.c_uint),
+        ("ngroups", _ctypes.c_short),
+        # cr_groups is a uint array of NGROUPS elements, which is defined as 16
+        # source:
+        # - https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/xnu/blob/1031c584a5e37aff177559b9f69dbd3c8c3fd30a/bsd/sys/ucred.h#L207
+        # - https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/xnu/blob/1031c584a5e37aff177559b9f69dbd3c8c3fd30a/bsd/sys/param.h#L100
+        # - https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/xnu/blob/1031c584a5e37aff177559b9f69dbd3c8c3fd30a/bsd/sys/syslimits.h#L100
+        ("groups", _ctypes.c_uint * 16),
+    ]
+
+
 class UnixHTTPConnection(_HTTPConnection):  # pragma: no cover
     """
     Specialization of http.client.HTTPConnection class that uses a UNIX domain socket.
@@ -61,13 +83,27 @@ def _authenticate(self) -> bool:
                 "Failed to handle request because it was not made through a UNIX socket"
             )
 
+        peercred_opt_level: Any
+        peercred_opt: Any
+        cred_cls: Any
+        if platform == "darwin":
+            # SOL_LOCAL is not defined in Python's socket module, need to hardcode it
+            # source: https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/xnu/blob/1031c584a5e37aff177559b9f69dbd3c8c3fd30a/bsd/sys/un.h#L85
+            peercred_opt_level = 0  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+            peercred_opt = _socket.LOCAL_PEERCRED  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+            cred_cls = XUCred
+        else:
+            peercred_opt_level = _socket.SOL_SOCKET  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+            peercred_opt = _socket.SO_PEERCRED  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+            cred_cls = UCred
+
         # Get the credentials of the peer process
         cred_buffer = self.sock.getsockopt(
-            _socket.SOL_SOCKET,  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
-            _socket.SO_PEERCRED,  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
-            _socket.CMSG_SPACE(_ctypes.sizeof(UCred)),  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+            peercred_opt_level,
+            peercred_opt,
+            _socket.CMSG_SPACE(_ctypes.sizeof(cred_cls)),  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
         )
-        peer_cred = UCred.from_buffer_copy(cred_buffer)
+        peer_cred = cred_cls.from_buffer_copy(cred_buffer)
 
         # Only allow connections from a process running as the same user
         return peer_cred.uid == _os.getuid()  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
diff --git a/test/openjd/adaptor_runtime/unit/http/test_request_handler.py b/test/openjd/adaptor_runtime/unit/http/test_request_handler.py
index fc9fedb..ac0a117 100644
--- a/test/openjd/adaptor_runtime/unit/http/test_request_handler.py
+++ b/test/openjd/adaptor_runtime/unit/http/test_request_handler.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ def test_respond_with_body(
         mock_wfile.write.assert_called_once_with(body.encode("utf-8"))
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(not OSName.is_linux(), reason="Linux-specific tests")
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not OSName.is_posix(), reason="Posix-specific tests")
 class TestAuthentication:
     """
     Tests for the RequestHandler authentication
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ class TestAuthenticate:
         Tests for the RequestHandler._authenticate() method
         """
 
+        cred_cls = request_handler.XUCred if OSName.is_macos() else request_handler.UCred
+
         @pytest.fixture
         def mock_handler(self) -> MagicMock:
             mock_socket = MagicMock(spec=socket.socket)
@@ -159,7 +161,7 @@ def mock_handler(self) -> MagicMock:
             return mock_handler
 
         @patch.object(request_handler.os, "getuid")
-        @patch.object(request_handler.UCred, "from_buffer_copy")
+        @patch.object(cred_cls, "from_buffer_copy")
         def test_accepts_same_uid(
             self, mock_from_buffer_copy: MagicMock, mock_getuid: MagicMock, mock_handler: MagicMock
         ) -> None:
@@ -174,7 +176,7 @@ def test_accepts_same_uid(
             assert result
 
         @patch.object(request_handler.os, "getuid")
-        @patch.object(request_handler.UCred, "from_buffer_copy")
+        @patch.object(cred_cls, "from_buffer_copy")
         def test_rejects_different_uid(
             self, mock_from_buffer_copy: MagicMock, mock_getuid: MagicMock, mock_handler: MagicMock
         ) -> None:
diff --git a/test/openjd/adaptor_runtime/unit/http/test_sockets.py b/test/openjd/adaptor_runtime/unit/http/test_sockets.py
index 68a218e..f6e9c5f 100644
--- a/test/openjd/adaptor_runtime/unit/http/test_sockets.py
+++ b/test/openjd/adaptor_runtime/unit/http/test_sockets.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import openjd.adaptor_runtime._http.sockets as sockets
 from openjd.adaptor_runtime._http.sockets import (
     LinuxSocketDirectories,
+    MacOSSocketDirectories,
     NonvalidSocketPathException,
     NoSocketPathFoundException,
     SocketDirectories,
@@ -263,3 +264,47 @@ def test_rejects_paths_over_100_bytes(self):
             f"{subject._socket_dir_max_length} bytes, but the directory has a size of "
             f"{length}: {path}"
         )
+
+
+class TestMacOSSocketDirectories:
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        argnames=["path"],
+        argvalues=[
+            ["a"],
+            ["a" * 96],
+        ],
+        ids=["one byte", "96 bytes"],
+    )
+    def test_accepts_paths_within_100_bytes(self, path: str):
+        """
+        Verifies the function accepts paths up to 96 bytes (104 byte max - 8 byte padding
+        for socket name portion (path sep + PID))
+        """
+        # GIVEN
+        subject = MacOSSocketDirectories()
+
+        try:
+            # WHEN
+            subject.verify_socket_path(path)
+        except NonvalidSocketPathException as e:
+            pytest.fail(f"verify_socket_path raised an error when it should not have: {e}")
+        else:
+            # THEN
+            pass  # success
+
+    def test_rejects_paths_over_96_bytes(self):
+        # GIVEN
+        length = 97
+        path = "a" * length
+        subject = MacOSSocketDirectories()
+
+        # WHEN
+        with pytest.raises(NonvalidSocketPathException) as raised_exc:
+            subject.verify_socket_path(path)
+
+        # THEN
+        assert raised_exc.match(
+            "Socket base directory path too big. The maximum allowed size is "
+            f"{subject._socket_dir_max_length} bytes, but the directory has a size of "
+            f"{length}: {path}"
+        )
diff --git a/test/openjd/adaptor_runtime/unit/utils/test_secure_open.py b/test/openjd/adaptor_runtime/unit/utils/test_secure_open.py
index 2d48279..7e45384 100644
--- a/test/openjd/adaptor_runtime/unit/utils/test_secure_open.py
+++ b/test/openjd/adaptor_runtime/unit/utils/test_secure_open.py
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
     ],
 )
 @patch.object(os, "open")
-@pytest.mark.skipif(not OSName.is_linux(), reason="Linux-specific tests")
-def test_secure_open_in_linux(mock_os_open, path, open_mode, mask, expected_os_open_kwargs):
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not OSName.is_posix(), reason="Posix-specific tests")
+def test_secure_open_in_posix(mock_os_open, path, open_mode, mask, expected_os_open_kwargs):
     # WHEN
     with patch("builtins.open", mock_open()) as mocked_open:
         secure_open_kwargs = {"mask": mask} if mask else {}
diff --git a/test/openjd/adaptor_runtime_client/unit/test_client_interface.py b/test/openjd/adaptor_runtime_client/unit/test_client_interface.py
index b9e315c..98b66a4 100644
--- a/test/openjd/adaptor_runtime_client/unit/test_client_interface.py
+++ b/test/openjd/adaptor_runtime_client/unit/test_client_interface.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def close(self, args: _Optional[_Dict[str, _Any]]) -> None:
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(not OSName.is_posix(), reason="Posix-specific tests")
-class TestLinuxClientInterface:
+class TestPosixClientInterface:
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         argnames=("original_path", "new_path"),
         argvalues=[