diff --git a/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP/MTRSetupPayload.mm b/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP/MTRSetupPayload.mm
index 7cb5db8154c026..adfeb7cd3a9ac4 100644
--- a/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP/MTRSetupPayload.mm
+++ b/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP/MTRSetupPayload.mm
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #import "MTRError.h"
 #import "MTRError_Internal.h"
+#import "MTRFramework.h"
 #import "MTROnboardingPayloadParser.h"
 #import "MTRSetupPayload_Internal.h"
 #import "setup_payload/ManualSetupPayloadGenerator.h"
@@ -30,6 +31,13 @@ @implementation MTRSetupPayload {
     chip::SetupPayload _chipSetupPayload;
 }
 
++ (void)initialize
+{
+    // Need to make sure we set up Platform memory stuff before we start
+    // serializing payloads.
+    MTRFrameworkInit();
+}
+
 - (MTRDiscoveryCapabilities)convertRendezvousFlags:(const chip::Optional<chip::RendezvousInformationFlags> &)value
 {
     if (!value.HasValue()) {
diff --git a/src/darwin/Framework/CHIPTests/MTRSetupPayloadSerializerTests.m b/src/darwin/Framework/CHIPTests/MTRSetupPayloadSerializerTests.m
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..61a819f33b961f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/darwin/Framework/CHIPTests/MTRSetupPayloadSerializerTests.m
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/**
+ *    Copyright (c) 2023 Project CHIP Authors
+ *
+ *    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *    limitations under the License.
+ */
+// module headers
+#import "MTRSetupPayload.h"
+
+// additional includes
+#import "MTRError.h"
+
+// system dependencies
+#import <XCTest/XCTest.h>
+
+@interface MTRSetupPayloadSerializerTests : XCTestCase
+
+@end
+
+@implementation MTRSetupPayloadSerializerTests
+
+- (void)testSetupPayloadBasicQRCodeSerialize
+{
+    __auto_type * payload = [[MTRSetupPayload alloc] init];
+    XCTAssertNotNil(payload);
+
+    payload.version = @(0);
+    payload.vendorID = @(0xFFF1);
+    payload.productID = @(1);
+    payload.commissioningFlow = MTRCommissioningFlowStandard;
+    payload.discoveryCapabilities = MTRDiscoveryCapabilitiesOnNetwork;
+    payload.discriminator = @(0xabc);
+    payload.hasShortDiscriminator = NO;
+    payload.setupPasscode = @(12121212);
+
+    NSError * error;
+    __auto_type * qrCode = [payload qrCodeString:&error];
+    XCTAssertNil(error);
+    XCTAssertNotNil(qrCode);
+    XCTAssertEqualObjects(qrCode, @"MT:-24J06.H14BK9C7R900");
+}
+
+// Make sure to not add any tests that involve parsing setup payloads to this
+// file.  Those should go in MTRSetupPayloadParserTests.m.
+@end
diff --git a/src/darwin/Framework/Matter.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/src/darwin/Framework/Matter.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index e739b780e43497..d93ddc7cc9b841 100644
--- a/src/darwin/Framework/Matter.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/src/darwin/Framework/Matter.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@
 		517BF3F0282B62B800A8B7DB /* MTRCertificates.h in Headers */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 517BF3EE282B62B800A8B7DB /* MTRCertificates.h */; settings = {ATTRIBUTES = (Public, ); }; };
 		517BF3F1282B62B800A8B7DB /* MTRCertificates.mm in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 517BF3EF282B62B800A8B7DB /* MTRCertificates.mm */; };
 		517BF3F3282B62CB00A8B7DB /* MTRCertificateTests.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 517BF3F2282B62CB00A8B7DB /* MTRCertificateTests.m */; };
+		519498322A25581C00B3BABE /* MTRSetupPayloadSerializerTests.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 519498312A25581C00B3BABE /* MTRSetupPayloadSerializerTests.m */; };
 		51A2F1322A00402A00F03298 /* MTRDataValueParserTests.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 51A2F1312A00402A00F03298 /* MTRDataValueParserTests.m */; };
 		51B22C1E2740CB0A008D5055 /* MTRStructsObjc.h in Headers */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 51B22C1D2740CB0A008D5055 /* MTRStructsObjc.h */; settings = {ATTRIBUTES = (Public, ); }; };
 		51B22C222740CB1D008D5055 /* MTRCommandPayloadsObjc.h in Headers */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 51B22C212740CB1D008D5055 /* MTRCommandPayloadsObjc.h */; settings = {ATTRIBUTES = (Public, ); }; };
@@ -445,6 +446,7 @@
 		517BF3EE282B62B800A8B7DB /* MTRCertificates.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = MTRCertificates.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		517BF3EF282B62B800A8B7DB /* MTRCertificates.mm */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.objcpp; path = MTRCertificates.mm; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		517BF3F2282B62CB00A8B7DB /* MTRCertificateTests.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; path = MTRCertificateTests.m; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		519498312A25581C00B3BABE /* MTRSetupPayloadSerializerTests.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; path = MTRSetupPayloadSerializerTests.m; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		51A2F1312A00402A00F03298 /* MTRDataValueParserTests.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; path = MTRDataValueParserTests.m; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		51B22C1D2740CB0A008D5055 /* MTRStructsObjc.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = MTRStructsObjc.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		51B22C212740CB1D008D5055 /* MTRCommandPayloadsObjc.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = MTRCommandPayloadsObjc.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
@@ -1071,6 +1073,7 @@
 				5142E39729D377F000A206F0 /* MTROTAProviderTests.m */,
 				51A2F1312A00402A00F03298 /* MTRDataValueParserTests.m */,
 				51339B1E2A0DA64D00C798C1 /* MTRCertificateValidityTests.m */,
+				519498312A25581C00B3BABE /* MTRSetupPayloadSerializerTests.m */,
 				B202529D2459E34F00F97062 /* Info.plist */,
 			);
 			path = CHIPTests;
@@ -1483,6 +1486,7 @@
 				517BF3F3282B62CB00A8B7DB /* MTRCertificateTests.m in Sources */,
 				5142E39829D377F000A206F0 /* MTROTAProviderTests.m in Sources */,
 				51E24E73274E0DAC007CCF6E /* MTRErrorTestUtils.mm in Sources */,
+				519498322A25581C00B3BABE /* MTRSetupPayloadSerializerTests.m in Sources */,
 				51A2F1322A00402A00F03298 /* MTRDataValueParserTests.m in Sources */,
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;