diff --git a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.targets b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.targets
index 6f0920d555c4c..2ead5803e5cea 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.targets
+++ b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.targets
@@ -335,7 +335,8 @@ The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
     <PropertyGroup>
       <_IgnoreLinkerWarnings>false</_IgnoreLinkerWarnings>
       <_IgnoreLinkerWarnings Condition="'$(_IsApplePlatform)' == 'true'">true</_IgnoreLinkerWarnings>
-      <StripFlag Condition="'$(_IsApplePlatform)' == 'true' and '$(NativeLib)' == 'Shared'">-x</StripFlag> <!-- keep global symbols in dylib -->
+      <_StripFlag Condition="'$(_IsApplePlatform)' == 'true' and '$(NativeLib)' == 'Shared'">-x</_StripFlag> <!-- keep global symbols in dylib -->
+      <_StripFlag Condition="'$(_IsApplePlatform)' == 'true' and '$(NativeLib)' != 'Shared' and '$(IlcExportUnmanagedEntrypoints)' == 'true'">-i -s $(ExportsFile)</_StripFlag> <!-- keep global symbols when explicitly specified -->
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <!-- write linker script for lld (13+) to retain the __modules section -->
@@ -362,7 +363,7 @@ The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
     <Exec Condition="'$(StripSymbols)' == 'true' and '$(_IsApplePlatform)' == 'true' and '$(NativeLib)' != 'Static'"
       Command="
         dsymutil $(DsymUtilOptions) &quot;$(NativeBinary)&quot; &amp;&amp;
-        strip -no_code_signature_warning $(StripFlag) &quot;$(NativeBinary)&quot;" />
+        strip -no_code_signature_warning $(_StripFlag) &quot;$(NativeBinary)&quot;" />
   </Target>
 
   <Target Name="CreateLib"
diff --git a/src/tests/nativeaot/GenerateUnmanagedEntryPoints/GenerateUnmanagedEntryPoints.csproj b/src/tests/nativeaot/GenerateUnmanagedEntryPoints/GenerateUnmanagedEntryPoints.csproj
index 9f73f30aa0b24..db5f0741f8d41 100644
--- a/src/tests/nativeaot/GenerateUnmanagedEntryPoints/GenerateUnmanagedEntryPoints.csproj
+++ b/src/tests/nativeaot/GenerateUnmanagedEntryPoints/GenerateUnmanagedEntryPoints.csproj
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
     <CLRTestKind>BuildAndRun</CLRTestKind>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
     <IlcExportUnmanagedEntrypoints>true</IlcExportUnmanagedEntrypoints>
-    
-    <!-- Stripping symbols causes problems for running the test on macOS -->
-    <StripSymbols>false</StripSymbols>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>