diff --git a/ci/test/03_test_script.sh b/ci/test/03_test_script.sh
index ff9f2fd60a5..bfa733b0e5f 100755
--- a/ci/test/03_test_script.sh
+++ b/ci/test/03_test_script.sh
@@ -155,6 +155,14 @@ if [ "$RUN_CHECK_DEPS" = "true" ]; then
   "${BASE_ROOT_DIR}/contrib/devtools/check-deps.sh" "${BASE_BUILD_DIR}"
 fi
 
+if [[ "$CI_OS_NAME" == "macos" && "${GOAL}" = "install deploy" ]]; then
+  unzip "${BASE_BUILD_DIR}/bitcoin-macos-app.zip" -d "${BASE_BUILD_DIR}/deploy"
+  if ! ( codesign --verify "${BASE_BUILD_DIR}/deploy/Bitcoin-Qt.app" ); then
+    echo "Codesigning failed."
+    false
+  fi
+fi
+
 if [ "$RUN_UNIT_TESTS" = "true" ]; then
   DIR_UNIT_TEST_DATA="${DIR_UNIT_TEST_DATA}" \
   LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${DEPENDS_DIR}/${HOST}/lib" \
diff --git a/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus b/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
index 476ac133ebf..bb693e73058 100755
--- a/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
+++ b/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class DeploymentInfo(object):
 
     def detectQtPath(self, frameworkDirectory: str):
         parentDir = os.path.dirname(frameworkDirectory)
-        if os.path.exists(os.path.join(parentDir, "share", "qt", "translations")):
+        if os.path.exists(os.path.join(parentDir, "share", "qt", "plugins")):
             self.qtPath = parentDir
         else:
             self.qtPath = os.getenv("QTDIR", None)
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ if config.zip is not None:
         print("+ Removing existing .zip +")
         os.unlink(name + ".zip")
 
-    shutil.make_archive('{}'.format(name), format='zip', root_dir='dist', base_dir='Bitcoin-Qt.app')
+    subprocess.check_call(["zip", "-ry", os.path.abspath(name + ".zip"), 'Bitcoin-Qt.app'], cwd='dist')
 
 # ------------------------------------------------