diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-main.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-main.yml
index 90ab6c7143d..0c922b2c1e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-main.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ name: CI
 #       gets it in a script, but that can't be done in the cache-name value
 #       also I assume the name can't have slashes in it
 
+# in the case of needing to recompile the vcpkg-created Windows dependencies, increment the cache-name and key
+# this will create a brand new cache and recompile the vcpkg dependencies from scratch
+
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ master ]
@@ -281,3 +284,25 @@ jobs:
           export LTO=false
           export CACHE_DIR=/home/wesnoth-travis/build
           ./.github/workflows/ci-scripts/ubuntu.sh
+
+  macos-01-master:
+    runs-on: macos-10.15
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          submodules: "recursive"
+
+      - name: Cache object files
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        env:
+          cache-name: macos-01-cache-master
+        with:
+          path: ~/build-cache
+          key: macos-01-master
+
+      - name: macOS Release
+        run: |
+          export CFG=release
+          export CACHE_DIR=/home/wesnoth-travis/build
+          ./.github/workflows/ci-scripts/macos.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-scripts/macos.sh b/.github/workflows/ci-scripts/macos.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..7aa17947cd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-scripts/macos.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew install ccache scons
+export PATH="/usr/local/opt/gettext/bin:/usr/local/opt/ccache/libexec:$PWD/utils/travis:$PATH"
+export CC=ccache-clang
+export CXX=ccache-clang++
+export CCACHE_MAXSIZE=3000M
+export CCACHE_COMPILERCHECK=content
+export CCACHE_DIR="$CACHE_DIR"
+./projectfiles/Xcode/Fix_Xcode_Dependencies
+
+scons translations build=release --debug=time nls=true jobs=2 || exit 1
+
+cd ./projectfiles/Xcode
+
+xcodebuild CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY="" CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED=NO -project "The Battle for Wesnoth.xcodeproj" -target "The Battle for Wesnoth" -configuration "$CFG"
+EXIT_VAL=$?
+
+ccache -s
+ccache -z
+
+exit $EXIT_VAL