diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_macos.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_macos.yaml
index ed2fdc54e..8baded06e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_macos.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_macos.yaml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ jobs:
           cmake \
             -B build \
             -G "Ninja" \
+            -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF \
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
             -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 \
             -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON \
@@ -124,7 +125,17 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Prepare build artifacts
         run: |
+          # create .dmg
+          appName="qbittorrent"
+          if [ "${{ matrix.qbt_gui }}" = "GUI=OFF" ]; then
+            appName="qbittorrent-nox"
+          fi
+          pushd build
+          macdeployqt "$appName.app" -dmg -no-strip
+          popd
+          # prepare upload folder
           mkdir upload
+          cp "build/$appName.dmg" upload
           mkdir upload/cmake
           cp build/compile_commands.json upload/cmake
           mkdir upload/cmake/libtorrent
@@ -133,5 +144,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload build artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: build-info_macOS_${{ matrix.qbt_gui }}_libtorrent-${{ matrix.libt_version }}_Qt-${{ matrix.qt_version }}
+          name: qBittorrent-CI_macOS_${{ matrix.qbt_gui }}_libtorrent-${{ matrix.libt_version }}_Qt-${{ matrix.qt_version }}
           path: upload