diff --git a/src/build/GhosttyXCFramework.zig b/src/build/GhosttyXCFramework.zig
index 7debd6906..57a71d988 100644
--- a/src/build/GhosttyXCFramework.zig
+++ b/src/build/GhosttyXCFramework.zig
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 const GhosttyXCFramework = @This();
 
 const std = @import("std");
+const RunStep = std.Build.Step.Run;
 const Config = @import("Config.zig");
 const SharedDeps = @import("SharedDeps.zig");
 const GhosttyLib = @import("GhosttyLib.zig");
 const XCFrameworkStep = @import("XCFrameworkStep.zig");
 
 xcframework: *XCFrameworkStep,
+copy: *std.Build.Step,
+
 target: Target,
 
 pub const Target = enum { native, universal };
@@ -58,7 +61,6 @@ pub fn init(
     // it to the final app built with Swift.
     const xcframework = XCFrameworkStep.create(b, .{
         .name = "GhosttyKit",
-        .out_path = "macos/GhosttyKit.xcframework",
         .libraries = switch (target) {
             .universal => &.{
                 .{
@@ -82,8 +84,32 @@ pub fn init(
         },
     });
 
+    // A command to copy the xcframework to the output directory,
+    // because the xcode project needs a stable path.
+    const copy = copy: {
+        const remove = RunStep.create(b, "remove old xcframework");
+        remove.has_side_effects = true;
+        remove.cwd = b.path("");
+        remove.addArgs(&.{
+            "rm",
+            "-rf",
+            "macos/GhosttyKit.xcframework",
+        });
+        remove.expectExitCode(0);
+
+        const step = RunStep.create(b, "copy xcframework");
+        step.has_side_effects = true;
+        step.cwd = b.path("");
+        step.addArgs(&.{ "cp", "-R" });
+        step.addDirectoryArg(xcframework.output);
+        step.addArg("macos/GhosttyKit.xcframework");
+        step.step.dependOn(&remove.step);
+        break :copy step;
+    };
+
     return .{
         .xcframework = xcframework,
+        .copy = &copy.step,
         .target = target,
     };
 }
@@ -97,5 +123,5 @@ pub fn addStepDependencies(
     self: *const GhosttyXCFramework,
     other_step: *std.Build.Step,
 ) void {
-    other_step.dependOn(self.xcframework.step);
+    other_step.dependOn(self.copy);
 }
diff --git a/src/build/XCFrameworkStep.zig b/src/build/XCFrameworkStep.zig
index 8a0d5dc67..bd384cf1d 100644
--- a/src/build/XCFrameworkStep.zig
+++ b/src/build/XCFrameworkStep.zig
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ pub const Options = struct {
     /// The name of the xcframework to create.
     name: []const u8,
 
-    /// The path to write the framework
-    out_path: []const u8,
-
     /// The libraries to bundle
     libraries: []const Library,
 };
@@ -30,40 +27,33 @@ pub const Library = struct {
 
 step: *Step,
 
+output: LazyPath,
+
 pub fn create(b: *std.Build, opts: Options) *XCFrameworkStep {
     const self = b.allocator.create(XCFrameworkStep) catch @panic("OOM");
 
-    // We have to delete the old xcframework first since we're writing
-    // to a static path.
-    const run_delete = run: {
-        const run = RunStep.create(b, b.fmt("xcframework delete {s}", .{opts.name}));
-        run.has_side_effects = true;
-        run.addArgs(&.{ "rm", "-rf", opts.out_path });
-        break :run run;
-    };
-
     // Then we run xcodebuild to create the framework.
-    const run_create = run: {
+    const run_create, const run_output = run: {
         const run = RunStep.create(b, b.fmt("xcframework {s}", .{opts.name}));
-        run.has_side_effects = true;
         run.addArgs(&.{ "xcodebuild", "-create-xcframework" });
         for (opts.libraries) |lib| {
             run.addArg("-library");
             run.addFileArg(lib.library);
             run.addArg("-headers");
-            run.addFileArg(lib.headers);
+            run.addDirectoryArg(lib.headers);
         }
         run.addArg("-output");
-        run.addArg(opts.out_path);
+        const output = run.addOutputDirectoryArg(b.fmt(
+            "{s}.xcframework",
+            .{opts.name},
+        ));
         run.expectExitCode(0);
-        _ = run.captureStdOut();
-        _ = run.captureStdErr();
-        break :run run;
+        break :run .{ run, output };
     };
-    run_create.step.dependOn(&run_delete.step);
 
     self.* = .{
         .step = &run_create.step,
+        .output = run_output,
     };
 
     return self;