diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.out_dir}}/ios/Podfile b/{{cookiecutter.out_dir}}/ios/Podfile
index 8547703..4cd22bb 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.out_dir}}/ios/Podfile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.out_dir}}/ios/Podfile
@@ -66,6 +66,19 @@ end
 post_install do |installer|
   installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
     flutter_additional_ios_build_settings(target)
+    # Ensure rive_native's setup script runs from the project root so pubspec.yaml is found in CI.
+    if target.name == 'rive_native'
+      target.shell_script_build_phases.each do |phase|
+        script = phase.shell_script
+        next unless script&.include?('rive_native:setup')
+        next if script.include?('PROJECT_ROOT="${SRCROOT}/../.."')
+
+        phase.shell_script = script.sub(
+          "set -e\n",
+          "set -e\nPROJECT_ROOT=\"${SRCROOT}/../..\"\ncd \"$PROJECT_ROOT\"\n"
+        )
+      end
+    end
 
     target.build_configurations.each do |config|
       config.build_settings['GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS'] ||= [
@@ -85,4 +98,4 @@ post_install do |installer|
       ]
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.out_dir}}/macos/Podfile b/{{cookiecutter.out_dir}}/macos/Podfile
index dbccf89..325d6ae 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.out_dir}}/macos/Podfile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.out_dir}}/macos/Podfile
@@ -37,7 +37,20 @@ target 'Runner' do
 end
 
 post_install do |installer|
+  # Ensure rive_native's setup script runs from the project root so pubspec.yaml is found in CI.
   installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
     flutter_additional_macos_build_settings(target)
+    next unless target.name == 'rive_native'
+
+    target.shell_script_build_phases.each do |phase|
+      script = phase.shell_script
+      next unless script&.include?('rive_native:setup')
+      next if script.include?('PROJECT_ROOT="${SRCROOT}/../.."')
+
+      phase.shell_script = script.sub(
+        "set -e\n",
+        "set -e\nPROJECT_ROOT=\"${SRCROOT}/../..\"\ncd \"$PROJECT_ROOT\"\n"
+      )
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.out_dir}}/macos/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/{{cookiecutter.out_dir}}/macos/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index d1cc7cc..821bfde 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.out_dir}}/macos/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.out_dir}}/macos/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 			isa = PBXAggregateTarget;
 			buildConfigurationList = 33CC111B2044C6BA0003C045 /* Build configuration list for PBXAggregateTarget "Flutter Assemble" */;
 			buildPhases = (
+{% if 'flet_rive' in cookiecutter.flutter.dependencies %}
+				A1B2C3D4E5F60718293A4B5C /* Rive Native Setup */,
+{% endif %}
 				33CC111E2044C6BF0003C045 /* ShellScript */,
 			);
 			dependencies = (
@@ -291,6 +294,27 @@
 /* End PBXResourcesBuildPhase section */
 
 /* Begin PBXShellScriptBuildPhase section */
+{% if 'flet_rive' in cookiecutter.flutter.dependencies %}
+		A1B2C3D4E5F60718293A4B5C /* Rive Native Setup */ = {
+			isa = PBXShellScriptBuildPhase;
+			alwaysOutOfDate = 1;
+			buildActionMask = 2147483647;
+			files = (
+			);
+			inputFileListPaths = (
+			);
+			inputPaths = (
+			);
+			name = "Rive Native Setup";
+			outputFileListPaths = (
+			);
+			outputPaths = (
+			);
+			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
+			shellPath = /bin/sh;
+			shellScript = "set -e\nPROJECT_ROOT=\"${PROJECT_DIR}/..\"\ncd \"$PROJECT_ROOT\"\nDART_BIN=\"${FLUTTER_ROOT}/bin/dart\"\nif [ ! -x \"$DART_BIN\" ]; then\n  DART_BIN=\"$(command -v dart || true)\"\nfi\nif [ -z \"$DART_BIN\" ]; then\n  echo \"error: dart not found; cannot run rive_native:setup\" >&2\n  exit 1\nfi\necho \"Running rive_native setup for macos...\"\n\"$DART_BIN\" run rive_native:setup --verbose --clean --platform macos\n";
+		};
+{% endif %}
 		3399D490228B24CF009A79C7 /* ShellScript */ = {
 			isa = PBXShellScriptBuildPhase;
 			alwaysOutOfDate = 1;