diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index 6b1eb296b47..29e19cfe282 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -637,6 +637,100 @@ jobs:
           discussionCategory: announcements
           prerelease: ${{ needs.setup_release.outputs.pre_release }}
 
+  build_mac_brew:
+    needs: [check_changelog, setup_release]
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false  # false to test all, true to fail entire job if any fail
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners#standard-github-hosted-runners-for-public-repositories
+          # while GitHub has larger macOS runners, they are not available for our repos :(
+          - os_version: "12"
+            release: true
+          - os_version: "13"
+          - os_version: "14"
+    name: Homebrew (macOS-${{ matrix.os_version }})
+    runs-on: macos-${{ matrix.os_version }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Dependencies Homebrew
+        run: |
+          # install dependencies using homebrew
+          brew install cmake
+
+      - name: Configure formula
+        run: |
+          # variables for formula
+          branch=${GITHUB_HEAD_REF}
+
+          # check the branch variable
+          if [ -z "$branch" ]
+          then
+            echo "This is a PUSH event"
+            commit=${{ github.sha }}
+            clone_url=${{ github.event.repository.clone_url }}
+            source_tarball=${{ github.event.repository.html_url }}/archive/${commit}.tar.gz
+            branch="${{ github.ref_name }}"
+          else
+            echo "This is a PR event"
+            commit=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+            clone_url=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.clone_url }}
+            source_tarball=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.html_url }}/archive/${commit}.tar.gz
+            branch="${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}"
+          fi
+          echo "Commit: ${commit}"
+          echo "Clone URL: ${clone_url}"
+
+          mkdir build
+          cd build
+          cmake \
+            -DGITHUB_COMMIT="${commit}" \
+            -DGITHUB_CLONE_URL="${clone_url}" \
+            -DGITHUB_BRANCH="${branch}" \
+            -DSUNSHINE_CONFIGURE_HOMEBREW=ON \
+            -DSUNSHINE_CONFIGURE_ONLY=ON \
+            ..
+          cd ..
+
+          # copy formula to artifacts
+          mkdir -p artifacts
+          cp -f ./build/sunshine.rb ./artifacts/
+
+          # move formula to build/Formula
+          mkdir -p build/Formula
+          mv ./build/sunshine.rb ./build/Formula/sunshine.rb
+
+          # testing
+          cat ./artifacts/sunshine.rb
+
+      - name: Install formula
+        run: |
+          brew install ./build/Formula/sunshine.rb
+
+      - name: Upload Artifacts
+        if: ${{ matrix.release }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: sunshine-homebrew
+          path: artifacts/
+
+      - name: Create/Update GitHub Release
+        if: ${{ needs.setup_release.outputs.create_release == 'true' && matrix.release }}
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        with:
+          name: ${{ needs.setup_release.outputs.release_name }}
+          tag: ${{ needs.setup_release.outputs.release_tag }}
+          commit: ${{ needs.setup_release.outputs.release_commit }}
+          artifacts: "*artifacts/*"
+          token: ${{ secrets.GH_BOT_TOKEN }}
+          allowUpdates: true
+          body: ${{ needs.setup_release.outputs.release_body }}
+          discussionCategory: announcements
+          prerelease: ${{ needs.setup_release.outputs.pre_release }}
+
   build_mac_port:
     needs: [check_changelog, setup_release]
     strategy:
diff --git a/cmake/prep/options.cmake b/cmake/prep/options.cmake
index 9104320d31d..4c7459c616f 100644
--- a/cmake/prep/options.cmake
+++ b/cmake/prep/options.cmake
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ option(CUDA_INHERIT_COMPILE_OPTIONS
         your IDE throws errors about unknown flags after running cmake." ON)
 
 if(APPLE)
+    option(SUNSHINE_CONFIGURE_HOMEBREW
+            "Configure macOS Homebrew formula. Recommended to use with SUNSHINE_CONFIGURE_ONLY" OFF)
     option(SUNSHINE_CONFIGURE_PORTFILE
             "Configure macOS Portfile. Recommended to use with SUNSHINE_CONFIGURE_ONLY" OFF)
     option(SUNSHINE_PACKAGE_MACOS
diff --git a/cmake/prep/special_package_configuration.cmake b/cmake/prep/special_package_configuration.cmake
index a5a780f5563..695b6e443c2 100644
--- a/cmake/prep/special_package_configuration.cmake
+++ b/cmake/prep/special_package_configuration.cmake
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ if (APPLE)
     if(${SUNSHINE_CONFIGURE_PORTFILE})
         configure_file(packaging/macos/Portfile Portfile @ONLY)
     endif()
+    if(${SUNSHINE_CONFIGURE_HOMEBREW})
+        configure_file(packaging/macos/sunshine.rb sunshine.rb @ONLY)
+    endif()
 elseif (UNIX)
     include(GNUInstallDirs)  # this needs to be included prior to configuring the desktop files
 
diff --git a/packaging/macos/sunshine.rb b/packaging/macos/sunshine.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bc7c68b67f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/macos/sunshine.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+require "language/node"
+
+class @PROJECT_NAME@ < Formula
+  desc "@PROJECT_DESCRIPTION@"
+  homepage "@PROJECT_HOMEPAGE_URL@"
+  url "@GITHUB_CLONE_URL@",
+    tag: "@GITHUB_BRANCH@"
+  version "@PROJECT_VERSION@"
+  license all_of: ["GPL-3.0-only"]
+  head "@GITHUB_CLONE_URL@"
+
+  depends_on "boost" => :build
+  depends_on "cmake" => :build
+  depends_on "pkg-config" => :build
+  depends_on "curl"
+  depends_on "miniupnpc"
+  depends_on "node"
+  depends_on "openssl"
+  depends_on "opus"
+
+  def install
+    # initialize submodules
+    system "git", "submodule", "update", "--remote", "--init", "--recursive", "--depth", "1"
+
+    # todo: fix vite build
+    system "sed", "-i", "''", "s/SUNSHINE_SOURCE_ASSETS_DIR=${SUNSHINE_SOURCE_ASSETS_DIR} SUNSHINE_ASSETS_DIR=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}//", "cmake/targets/common.cmake"
+
+    args = %W[
+      -DBUIld_WERROR=ON
+      -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=#{Formula["openssl"].opt_prefix}
+      -DSUNSHINE_ASSETS_DIR=sunshine/assets
+    ]
+    system "cmake", "-S", ".", "-B", "build", *std_cmake_args, *args
+
+    cd "build" do
+      system "make", "-j"
+      system "make", "install"
+    end
+  end
+
+  service do
+    run [opt_bin/"sunshine", "~/.config/sunshine/sunshine.conf"]
+  end
+
+  test do
+    # test that the binary runs at all
+    shell_output("#{bin}/sunshine --version").strip
+
+    # todo: add unit tests
+  end
+end