diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index f6f786781..4526531e1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,29 @@ name: Build J2V8
 on: [push]
 
 jobs:
+  j2v8_macos:
+    name: Build J2V8 for macOS
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v1
+
+    - name: Download monolithic libraries and extract to v8.out directory
+      run: |
+        curl -O https://download.eclipsesource.com/j2v8/v8/libv8_7.4.288_monolith.zip
+        mkdir -p v8.out
+        unzip libv8_7.4.288_monolith.zip -d v8.out
+
+        # start j2v8 build
+        python build.py -t macos -a x64 j2v8cmake j2v8jni j2v8cpp j2v8optimize j2v8java j2v8test
+
+    - name: Archive J2V8 macOS x86_64 jar
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1.0.0
+      with:
+        name: j2v8-macos-x86_64
+        path: build.out/j2v8_macos_x86_64-6.0.0.jar
+  
   generate_j2v8_archives:
     name: Create J2V8 Linux jar and Android aar archive files
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/build_system/config_macos.py b/build_system/config_macos.py
index fb33f86fd..081beb995 100644
--- a/build_system/config_macos.py
+++ b/build_system/config_macos.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ def build_node_js(config):
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 def build_j2v8_cmake(config):
     cmake_vars = cmu.setAllVars(config)
+    V8_monolith_library_dir = config.platform + "." + config.arch
 
     # NOTE: uses Python string interpolation (see: https://stackoverflow.com/a/4450610)
     return \
@@ -50,10 +51,11 @@ def build_j2v8_cmake(config):
         ["cd " + u.cmake_out_dir] + \
         u.rm("CMakeCache.txt CMakeFiles/") + \
         ["""cmake \
+            -DJ2V8_MONOLITH_LIB_DIR={0} \
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
             %(cmake_vars)s \
             ../../ \
-        """
+        """.format(V8_monolith_library_dir)
         % locals()]
 
 macos_config.build_step(c.build_j2v8_cmake, build_j2v8_cmake)