diff --git a/src/libraries/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/src/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.csproj b/src/libraries/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/src/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.csproj
index b941586e3d673..2106f0b732f10 100644
--- a/src/libraries/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/src/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.csproj
+++ b/src/libraries/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/src/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms.csproj
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
     
     <!-- When building from source, ensure the RID we're building for is part of the RID graph -->
     <AdditionalRuntimeIdentifiers Condition="'$(DotNetBuildFromSource)' == 'true'">$(AdditionalRuntimeIdentifiers);$(OutputRID)</AdditionalRuntimeIdentifiers>
+    <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
+    <ServicingVersion>1</ServicingVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETFramework'">
diff --git a/src/libraries/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/src/runtime.compatibility.json b/src/libraries/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/src/runtime.compatibility.json
index 9966d06dc38ea..98b9472e508d1 100644
--- a/src/libraries/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/src/runtime.compatibility.json
+++ b/src/libraries/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/src/runtime.compatibility.json
@@ -5252,6 +5252,73 @@
     "any",
     "base"
   ],
+  "osx.12": [
+    "osx.12",
+    "osx.11.0",
+    "osx.10.16",
+    "osx.10.15",
+    "osx.10.14",
+    "osx.10.13",
+    "osx.10.12",
+    "osx.10.11",
+    "osx.10.10",
+    "osx",
+    "unix",
+    "any",
+    "base"
+  ],
+  "osx.12-arm64": [
+    "osx.12-arm64",
+    "osx.12",
+    "osx.11.0-arm64",
+    "osx.11.0",
+    "osx.10.16-arm64",
+    "osx.10.16",
+    "osx.10.15-arm64",
+    "osx.10.15",
+    "osx.10.14-arm64",
+    "osx.10.14",
+    "osx.10.13-arm64",
+    "osx.10.13",
+    "osx.10.12-arm64",
+    "osx.10.12",
+    "osx.10.11-arm64",
+    "osx.10.11",
+    "osx.10.10-arm64",
+    "osx.10.10",
+    "osx-arm64",
+    "osx",
+    "unix-arm64",
+    "unix",
+    "any",
+    "base"
+  ],
+  "osx.12-x64": [
+    "osx.12-x64",
+    "osx.12",
+    "osx.11.0-x64",
+    "osx.11.0",
+    "osx.10.16-x64",
+    "osx.10.16",
+    "osx.10.15-x64",
+    "osx.10.15",
+    "osx.10.14-x64",
+    "osx.10.14",
+    "osx.10.13-x64",
+    "osx.10.13",
+    "osx.10.12-x64",
+    "osx.10.12",
+    "osx.10.11-x64",
+    "osx.10.11",
+    "osx.10.10-x64",
+    "osx.10.10",
+    "osx-x64",
+    "osx",
+    "unix-x64",
+    "unix",
+    "any",
+    "base"
+  ],
   "rhel": [
     "rhel",
     "linux",
diff --git a/src/libraries/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/src/runtime.json b/src/libraries/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/src/runtime.json
index d40191ceaae15..4021d59c82005 100644
--- a/src/libraries/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/src/runtime.json
+++ b/src/libraries/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/src/runtime.json
@@ -2144,6 +2144,23 @@
         "osx.10.16-x64"
       ]
     },
+    "osx.12": {
+      "#import": [
+        "osx.11.0"
+      ]
+    },
+    "osx.12-arm64": {
+      "#import": [
+        "osx.12",
+        "osx.11.0-arm64"
+      ]
+    },
+    "osx.12-x64": {
+      "#import": [
+        "osx.12",
+        "osx.11.0-x64"
+      ]
+    },
     "rhel": {
       "#import": [
         "linux"
diff --git a/src/libraries/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/src/runtimeGroups.props b/src/libraries/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/src/runtimeGroups.props
index 0dce8cdd98876..83837f9c19c02 100644
--- a/src/libraries/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/src/runtimeGroups.props
+++ b/src/libraries/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/src/runtimeGroups.props
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
     <RuntimeGroup Include="osx">
       <Parent>unix</Parent>
       <Architectures>x64;arm64</Architectures>
-      <Versions>10.10;10.11;10.12;10.13;10.14;10.15;10.16;11.0</Versions>
+      <Versions>10.10;10.11;10.12;10.13;10.14;10.15;10.16;11.0;12</Versions>
     </RuntimeGroup>
 
     <RuntimeGroup Include="freebsd">
diff --git a/src/native/corehost/hostmisc/pal.unix.cpp b/src/native/corehost/hostmisc/pal.unix.cpp
index 1ea7817900cd5..59597646e0373 100644
--- a/src/native/corehost/hostmisc/pal.unix.cpp
+++ b/src/native/corehost/hostmisc/pal.unix.cpp
@@ -533,48 +533,47 @@ pal::string_t pal::get_current_os_rid_platform()
     pal::string_t ridOS;
 
     char str[256];
-
-    // There is no good way to get the visible version of OSX (i.e. something like 10.x.y) as
-    // certain APIs work till 10.9 and have been deprecated and others require linking against
-    // UI frameworks to get the data.
-    //
-    // We will, instead, use kern.osrelease and use its major version number
-    // as a means to formulate the OSX 10.X RID.
-    //
     size_t size = sizeof(str);
-    int ret = sysctlbyname("kern.osrelease", str, &size, nullptr, 0);
+
+    // returns something like 10.5.2 or 11.6
+    int ret = sysctlbyname("kern.osproductversion", str, &size, nullptr, 0);
     if (ret == 0)
     {
-        std::string release(str, size);
-        size_t pos = release.find('.');
-        if (pos != std::string::npos)
+        // the value _should_ be null terminated but let's make sure
+        str[size - 1] = 0;
+
+        char* pos = strchr(str, '.');
+        if (pos != NULL)
         {
-            int majorVersion = stoi(release.substr(0, pos));
-            // compat path with 10.x
-            if (majorVersion < 20)
+            int major = atoi(str);
+            if (major > 11)
             {
-                // Extract the major version and subtract 4 from it
-                // to get the Minor version used in OSX versioning scheme.
-                // That is, given a version 10.X.Y, we will get X below.
-                //
-                // macOS Cataline 10.15.5 has kernel 19.5.0
-                int minorVersion = majorVersion - 4;
-                if (minorVersion < 10)
-                {
-                    // On OSX, our minimum supported RID is 10.12.
-                    minorVersion = 12;
-                }
+                // starting with 12.0 we track only major release
+                *pos = 0;
 
-                ridOS.append(_X("osx.10."));
-                ridOS.append(pal::to_string(minorVersion));
+            }
+            else if (major == 11)
+            {
+                // for 11.x we publish RID as 11.0
+                // if we return anything else, it would break the RID graph processing
+                strcpy(str, "11.0");
             }
             else
             {
-                // 11.0 shipped with kernel 20.0
-                ridOS.append(_X("osx.11."));
-                ridOS.append(pal::to_string(majorVersion - 20));
+                // for 10.x the significant releases are actually the second digit
+                pos = strchr(pos + 1, '.');
+
+                if (pos != NULL)
+                {
+                    // strip anything after second dot and return something like 10.5
+                    *pos = 0;
+                }
             }
         }
+
+        std::string release(str, strlen(str));
+        ridOS.append(_X("osx."));
+        ridOS.append(release);
     }
 
     return ridOS;