diff --git a/.builders/build.py b/.builders/build.py
index 52470253e3613f..564d5e06e4e49e 100644
--- a/.builders/build.py
+++ b/.builders/build.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def build_macos():
 
         env = {
             **os.environ,
-            'DD_PREFIX_CACHE': args.cache_dir,
+            'DD_PREFIX_CACHE': args.cache_dir or '',
             'DD_MOUNT_DIR': mount_dir,
         }
         check_process(
diff --git a/.builders/images/macos/build.sh b/.builders/images/macos/build.sh
index c1a10359197c36..9df59a28c447db 100644
--- a/.builders/images/macos/build.sh
+++ b/.builders/images/macos/build.sh
@@ -30,8 +30,15 @@ install-from-source() {
     bash install-from-source.sh --prefix="${DD_PREFIX_PATH}" "$@"
 }
 
+# mqi
+IBM_MQ_VERSION=9.2.4.0-IBM-MQ-DevToolkit
+curl --retry 5 --fail "https://s3.amazonaws.com/dd-agent-omnibus/ibm-mq-backup/${IBM_MQ_VERSION}-MacX64.pkg" -o /tmp/mq_client.pkg
+sudo installer -pkg /tmp/mq_client.pkg -target /
+rm -rf /tmp/mq_client.pkg
+
 # Restore cache if it exists
 if [[ -n ${DD_PREFIX_CACHE:-} && -d ${DD_PREFIX_CACHE:-} ]]; then
+    echo "Using provided cache for built libraries."
     cp -r "${DD_PREFIX_CACHE}" "${DD_PREFIX_PATH}"
 else
     # openssl
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-deps-macos.yml b/.github/workflows/build-deps-macos.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7fcb20d40579d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-deps-macos.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Workflow for dev / testing purposes only, to be migrated to a common workflow alongside
+# the rest of the deps build
+
+name: Build dependencies for mac OS
+
+on:
+  pull_request
+
+jobs:
+  build-deps-macos:
+    name: "Build wheels for integration dependencies for mac OS"
+    runs-on: macos-12
+    steps:
+      - name: "Install Python(s)"
+        env:
+          # Despite the name, this is built for the macOS 11 SDK on arm64 and 10.9+ on intel
+          PYTHON3_DOWNLOAD_URL: "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.11.5/python-3.11.5-macos11.pkg"
+          PYTHON2_DOWNLOAD_URL: "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.18/python-2.7.18-macosx10.9.pkg"
+        run: |
+          curl "$PYTHON3_DOWNLOAD_URL" -o python3.pkg
+          sudo installer -pkg python3.pkg -target /
+
+          curl "$PYTHON2_DOWNLOAD_URL" -o python2.pkg
+          sudo installer -pkg python2.pkg -target /
+
+      - name: "Set up environment"
+        run: |
+          # We remove everything that comes pre-installed via brew to avoid depending or shipping stuff that
+          # comes in the runner through brew to better control what might get shipped in the wheels via
+          # `delocate`
+          brew remove --force --ignore-dependencies $(brew list --formula)
+          brew install coreutils
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: "Run the build"
+        env:
+          DD_PYTHON3: "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/bin/python3"
+          DD_PYTHON2: "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python"
+        run: |
+          ${DD_PYTHON3} -m pip install packaging
+          ${DD_PYTHON3} .builders/build.py --python 3 out_py3