diff --git a/dev/integration_tests/flutter_gallery/macos/Runner.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/Runner.xcscheme b/dev/integration_tests/flutter_gallery/macos/Runner.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/Runner.xcscheme
index 239f9868126..0c15a507add 100644
--- a/dev/integration_tests/flutter_gallery/macos/Runner.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/Runner.xcscheme
+++ b/dev/integration_tests/flutter_gallery/macos/Runner.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/Runner.xcscheme
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
             ReferencedContainer = "container:Runner.xcodeproj">
          </BuildableReference>
       </MacroExpansion>
-      <AdditionalOptions>
-      </AdditionalOptions>
+      <Testables>
+      </Testables>
    </TestAction>
    <LaunchAction
       buildConfiguration = "Debug"
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@
             ReferencedContainer = "container:Runner.xcodeproj">
          </BuildableReference>
       </BuildableProductRunnable>
-      <AdditionalOptions>
-      </AdditionalOptions>
    </LaunchAction>
    <ProfileAction
       buildConfiguration = "Profile"
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/macos_content_validation_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/macos_content_validation_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..420ada07e1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/macos_content_validation_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import 'package:file_testing/file_testing.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/file_system.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/io.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/convert.dart';
+
+import '../src/common.dart';
+import 'test_utils.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  for (final String buildMode in <String>['Debug', 'Release']) {
+    final String buildModeLower = buildMode.toLowerCase();
+    test('flutter build macos --$buildModeLower builds a valid app', () async {
+      final String workingDirectory = fileSystem.path.join(
+        getFlutterRoot(),
+        'dev',
+        'integration_tests',
+        'flutter_gallery',
+      );
+      final String flutterBin = fileSystem.path.join(
+        getFlutterRoot(),
+        'bin',
+        'flutter',
+      );
+
+      await processManager.run(<String>[
+        flutterBin,
+        ...getLocalEngineArguments(),
+        'clean',
+      ], workingDirectory: workingDirectory);
+
+      final ProcessResult result = await processManager.run(<String>[
+        flutterBin,
+        ...getLocalEngineArguments(),
+        'build',
+        'macos',
+        '--$buildModeLower',
+      ], workingDirectory: workingDirectory);
+
+      print(result.stdout);
+      print(result.stderr);
+
+      expect(result.exitCode, 0);
+
+      final Directory outputApp = fileSystem.directory(fileSystem.path.join(
+        workingDirectory,
+        'build',
+        'macos',
+        'Build',
+        'Products',
+        buildMode,
+        'flutter_gallery.app',
+      ));
+
+      final Directory outputAppFramework =
+          fileSystem.directory(fileSystem.path.join(
+        outputApp.path,
+        'Contents',
+        'Frameworks',
+        'App.framework',
+      ));
+
+      expect(outputAppFramework.childFile('App'), exists);
+      expect(outputAppFramework.childLink('Resources'), exists);
+
+      final File vmSnapshot = fileSystem.file(fileSystem.path.join(
+        outputApp.path,
+        'Contents',
+        'Frameworks',
+        'App.framework',
+        'Resources',
+        'flutter_assets',
+        'vm_snapshot_data',
+      ));
+
+      expect(vmSnapshot.existsSync(), buildMode == 'Debug');
+
+      final File outputFlutterFrameworkBinary =
+          fileSystem.file(fileSystem.path.join(
+        outputApp.path,
+        'Contents',
+        'Frameworks',
+        'FlutterMacOS.framework',
+        'FlutterMacOS',
+      ));
+      expect(outputFlutterFrameworkBinary, exists);
+
+      // Archiving should contain a bitcode blob, but not building.
+      // This mimics Xcode behavior and present a developer from having to install a
+      // 300+MB app.
+      expect(
+        await containsBitcode(outputFlutterFrameworkBinary.path),
+        isFalse,
+      );
+
+      await processManager.run(<String>[
+        flutterBin,
+        ...getLocalEngineArguments(),
+        'clean',
+      ], workingDirectory: workingDirectory);
+    }, skip: !platform.isMacOS,
+       timeout: const Timeout(Duration(minutes: 5)),
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+Future<bool> containsBitcode(String pathToBinary) async {
+  // See: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32755775/how-to-check-a-static-library-is-built-contain-bitcode
+  final ProcessResult result = await processManager.run(<String>[
+    'otool',
+    '-l',
+    '-arch',
+    'arm64',
+    pathToBinary,
+  ]);
+  final String loadCommands = result.stdout as String;
+  if (!loadCommands.contains('__LLVM')) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  // Presence of the section may mean a bitcode marker was embedded (size=1), but there is no content.
+  if (!loadCommands.contains('size 0x0000000000000001')) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  // Check the false positives: size=1 wasn't referencing the __LLVM section.
+
+  bool emptyBitcodeMarkerFound = false;
+  //  Section
+  //  sectname __bundle
+  //  segname __LLVM
+  //  addr 0x003c4000
+  //  size 0x0042b633
+  //  offset 3932160
+  //  ...
+  final List<String> lines = LineSplitter.split(loadCommands).toList();
+  lines.asMap().forEach((int index, String line) {
+    if (line.contains('segname __LLVM') && lines.length - index - 1 > 3) {
+      final String emptyBitcodeMarker =
+          lines.skip(index - 1).take(3).firstWhere(
+                (String line) => line.contains(' size 0x0000000000000001'),
+                orElse: () => null,
+              );
+      if (emptyBitcodeMarker != null) {
+        emptyBitcodeMarkerFound = true;
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+  });
+  return !emptyBitcodeMarkerFound;
+}