diff --git a/src/System.Drawing.Common/src/System.Drawing.Common.csproj b/src/System.Drawing.Common/src/System.Drawing.Common.csproj
index fde00ae01d91..cebdfc7a29cf 100644
--- a/src/System.Drawing.Common/src/System.Drawing.Common.csproj
+++ b/src/System.Drawing.Common/src/System.Drawing.Common.csproj
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Runtime" />
     <Reference Include="System.Runtime.Extensions" />
     <Reference Include="System.Runtime.InteropServices" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation" />
     <Reference Include="System.ComponentModel" />
     <Reference Include="System.ComponentModel.Primitives" />
     <Reference Include="System.Threading" />
@@ -365,4 +366,4 @@
     </EmbeddedResource>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.targets))\dir.targets" />
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/src/System.Drawing.Common/src/System/Drawing/GdiplusNative.Unix.cs b/src/System.Drawing.Common/src/System/Drawing/GdiplusNative.Unix.cs
index 98df532e795f..6bc49d37c968 100644
--- a/src/System.Drawing.Common/src/System/Drawing/GdiplusNative.Unix.cs
+++ b/src/System.Drawing.Common/src/System/Drawing/GdiplusNative.Unix.cs
@@ -18,20 +18,26 @@ internal unsafe partial class Gdip
         {
             private static IntPtr LoadNativeLibrary()
             {
-                // Various Unix package managers have chosen different names for the "libgdiplus" shared library.
-                // The mono project, where libgdiplus originated, allowed both of the names below to be used, via
-                // a global configuration setting. We prefer the "unversioned" shared object name, and fallback to
-                // the name suffixed with ".0".
-                IntPtr lib = Interop.Libdl.dlopen("libgdiplus.so", Interop.Libdl.RTLD_NOW);
-                if (lib == IntPtr.Zero)
+                IntPtr lib = IntPtr.Zero;
+                if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.OSX))
                 {
-                    lib = Interop.Libdl.dlopen("libgdiplus.so.0", Interop.Libdl.RTLD_NOW);
+                    lib = Interop.Libdl.dlopen("libgdiplus.dylib", Interop.Libdl.RTLD_NOW);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // Various Unix package managers have chosen different names for the "libgdiplus" shared library.
+                    // The mono project, where libgdiplus originated, allowed both of the names below to be used, via
+                    // a global configuration setting. We prefer the "unversioned" shared object name, and fallback to
+                    // the name suffixed with ".0".
+                    lib = Interop.Libdl.dlopen("libgdiplus.so", Interop.Libdl.RTLD_NOW);
                     if (lib == IntPtr.Zero)
                     {
-                        throw new DllNotFoundException(SR.LibgdiplusNotFound);
+                        lib = Interop.Libdl.dlopen("libgdiplus.so.0", Interop.Libdl.RTLD_NOW);
                     }
                 }
 
+                // This function may return a null handle. If it does, individual functions loaded from it will throw a DllNotFoundException,
+                // but not until an attempt is made to actually use the function (rather than load it). This matches how PInvokes behave.
                 return lib;
             }
 
diff --git a/src/System.Drawing.Common/tests/Helpers.cs b/src/System.Drawing.Common/tests/Helpers.cs
index e6dc987a81e7..480088920b45 100644
--- a/src/System.Drawing.Common/tests/Helpers.cs
+++ b/src/System.Drawing.Common/tests/Helpers.cs
@@ -23,10 +23,18 @@ public static bool GetGdiplusIsAvailable()
             }
             else
             {
-                IntPtr nativeLib = dlopen("libgdiplus.so", RTLD_NOW);
-                if (nativeLib == IntPtr.Zero)
+                IntPtr nativeLib;
+                if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.OSX))
                 {
-                    nativeLib = dlopen("libgdiplus.so.0", RTLD_NOW);
+                    nativeLib = dlopen("libgdiplus.dylib", RTLD_NOW);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    nativeLib = dlopen("libgdiplus.so", RTLD_NOW);
+                    if (nativeLib == IntPtr.Zero)
+                    {
+                        nativeLib = dlopen("libgdiplus.so.0", RTLD_NOW);
+                    }
                 }
 
                 return nativeLib != IntPtr.Zero;