diff --git a/cmake/defaults/Packages.cmake b/cmake/defaults/Packages.cmake
index 7ae4b287f6..c782245b80 100644
--- a/cmake/defaults/Packages.cmake
+++ b/cmake/defaults/Packages.cmake
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ add_definitions(${TBB_DEFINITIONS})
 if(WIN32)
     # Math functions are linked automatically by including math.h on Windows.
     set(M_LIB "")
+elseif (APPLE)
+    # On Apple platforms, its idiomatic to just provide the -l linkage for sdk libs to be portable across SDK versions
+    set(M_LIB "-lm")
 else()
     find_library(M_LIB m)
 endif()
@@ -228,7 +231,11 @@ if (PXR_BUILD_IMAGING)
         if (POLICY CMP0072)
             cmake_policy(SET CMP0072 OLD)
         endif()
-        find_package(OpenGL REQUIRED)
+        if (APPLE)
+            set(OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY "-framework OpenGL")
+        else ()
+            find_package(OpenGL REQUIRED)
+        endif()
     endif()
     # --Metal
     if (PXR_ENABLE_METAL_SUPPORT)
diff --git a/pxr/imaging/garch/CMakeLists.txt b/pxr/imaging/garch/CMakeLists.txt
index a2fefbf523..1b32198b17 100644
--- a/pxr/imaging/garch/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pxr/imaging/garch/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if(APPLE)
     set(GARCH_GLPLATFORMCONTEXT       glPlatformContextDarwin)
     set(GARCH_GLPLATFORMDEBUGWINDOW   glPlatformDebugWindowDarwin)
     set(GARCH_SOURCE_EXTENSION        mm)
-    FIND_LIBRARY(APPKIT_LIBRARY AppKit)
+    set(GARCH_PLATFORM_LIBRARIES      "-framework AppKit")
 elseif(X11_FOUND)
     set(GARCH_GLPLATFORMCONTEXT       glPlatformContextGLX)
     set(GARCH_GLPLATFORMDEBUGWINDOW   glPlatformDebugWindowGLX)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pxr_library(garch
         tf
         ${X11_LIBRARIES}
         ${OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY}
-        ${APPKIT_LIBRARY}
+        ${GARCH_PLATFORM_LIBRARIES}
 
     INCLUDE_DIRS
         ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}
diff --git a/pxr/imaging/hgiInterop/CMakeLists.txt b/pxr/imaging/hgiInterop/CMakeLists.txt
index 12d14cc7b8..a6cb1edad0 100644
--- a/pxr/imaging/hgiInterop/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pxr/imaging/hgiInterop/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ list(APPEND optionalLibraries garch)
 
 if (PXR_ENABLE_METAL_SUPPORT)
     add_compile_options(-x objective-c++)
-    FIND_LIBRARY(COREVIDEO_LIBRARY CoreVideo)
-    list(APPEND optionalLibraries ${COREVIDEO_LIBRARY} hgiMetal)
+    list(APPEND optionalLibraries "-framework CoreVideo" hgiMetal)
     list(APPEND optionalCppFiles metal.mm)
     list(APPEND optionalPrivateHeaders metal.h)
 elseif(PXR_ENABLE_VULKAN_SUPPORT)
diff --git a/pxr/imaging/hgiMetal/CMakeLists.txt b/pxr/imaging/hgiMetal/CMakeLists.txt
index fef4a4fe0c..a63fd72639 100644
--- a/pxr/imaging/hgiMetal/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pxr/imaging/hgiMetal/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,17 +7,14 @@ if (NOT ${PXR_BUILD_GPU_SUPPORT} OR NOT ${PXR_ENABLE_METAL_SUPPORT})
     return()
 endif()
 
-FIND_LIBRARY(METAL_LIBRARY Metal)
-FIND_LIBRARY(APPUIKIT_LIBRARY AppKit)
-
 pxr_library(hgiMetal
     LIBRARIES
         arch
         hgi
         tf
         trace
-        ${METAL_LIBRARY}
-        ${APPUIKIT_LIBRARY}
+        "-framework Metal"
+        "-framework AppKit"
 
     PUBLIC_HEADERS
         api.h