diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 9393380e2..55549ab4c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         mkdir upload
         mv ${{github.workspace}}/build/shadps4 upload
-        cp ${{github.workspace}}/build/externals/MoltenVK/libMoltenVK.dylib upload
-        install_name_tool -add_rpath "@executable_path" upload/shadps4
+        mv ${{github.workspace}}/build/MoltenVK_icd.json upload
+        mv ${{github.workspace}}/build/libMoltenVK.dylib upload
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: shadps4-macos-sdl-${{ needs.get-info.outputs.date }}-${{ needs.get-info.outputs.shorthash }}
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9daefe305..065a4570f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 	shallow = true
 [submodule "externals/MoltenVK/SPIRV-Cross"]
 	path = externals/MoltenVK/SPIRV-Cross
-	url = https://github.com/billhollings/SPIRV-Cross
+	url = https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Cross
 	shallow = true
 [submodule "externals/MoltenVK/MoltenVK"]
 	path = externals/MoltenVK/MoltenVK
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index beea8a1e0..c48d00046 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1083,34 +1083,45 @@ if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Linux" AND ENABLE_USERFAULTFD)
 endif()
 
 if (APPLE)
-  if (ENABLE_QT_GUI)
-      # Include MoltenVK in the app bundle, along with an ICD file so it can be found by the system Vulkan loader if used for loading layers.
-      set(MVK_ICD ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/externals/MoltenVK/MoltenVK_icd.json)
-      target_sources(shadps4 PRIVATE ${MVK_ICD})
-      set_source_files_properties(${MVK_ICD} PROPERTIES MACOSX_PACKAGE_LOCATION Resources/vulkan/icd.d)
+    # Include MoltenVK, along with an ICD file so it can be found by the system Vulkan loader if used for loading layers.
+    set(MVK_DYLIB_SRC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/externals/MoltenVK/libMoltenVK.dylib)
 
-      set(MVK_DYLIB_SRC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/externals/MoltenVK/libMoltenVK.dylib)
-      set(MVK_DYLIB_DST ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/shadps4.app/Contents/Frameworks/libMoltenVK.dylib)
-      add_custom_command(
-          OUTPUT ${MVK_DYLIB_DST}
-          DEPENDS ${MVK_DYLIB_SRC}
-          COMMAND cmake -E copy ${MVK_DYLIB_SRC} ${MVK_DYLIB_DST})
-      add_custom_target(CopyMoltenVK DEPENDS ${MVK_DYLIB_DST})
-      add_dependencies(CopyMoltenVK MoltenVK)
-      add_dependencies(shadps4 CopyMoltenVK)
-      set_property(TARGET shadps4 APPEND PROPERTY BUILD_RPATH "@executable_path/../Frameworks")
-  else()
-      # For non-bundled SDL build, just do a normal library link.
-      target_link_libraries(shadps4 PRIVATE MoltenVK)
-  endif()
+    if (ENABLE_QT_GUI)
+        set_property(TARGET shadps4 APPEND PROPERTY BUILD_RPATH "@executable_path/../Frameworks")
+        set(MVK_ICD_DST ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/shadps4.app/Contents/Resources/vulkan/icd.d/MoltenVK_icd.json)
+        set(MVK_DYLIB_DST ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/shadps4.app/Contents/Frameworks/libMoltenVK.dylib)
+        set(MVK_DYLIB_ICD_PATH "../../../Frameworks/libMoltenVK.dylib")
+    else()
+        set_property(TARGET shadps4 APPEND PROPERTY BUILD_RPATH "@executable_path")
+        set(MVK_ICD_DST ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/MoltenVK_icd.json)
+        set(MVK_DYLIB_DST ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libMoltenVK.dylib)
+        set(MVK_DYLIB_ICD_PATH "./libMoltenVK.dylib")
+    endif()
 
-  if (ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "x86_64")
-      # Reserve system-managed memory space.
-      target_link_options(shadps4 PRIVATE -Wl,-no_pie,-no_fixup_chains,-no_huge,-pagezero_size,0x4000,-segaddr,TCB_SPACE,0x4000,-segaddr,SYSTEM_MANAGED,0x400000,-segaddr,SYSTEM_RESERVED,0x7FFFFC000,-image_base,0x20000000000)
-  endif()
+    cmake_path(GET MVK_ICD_DST PARENT_PATH MVK_ICD_DST_PARENT)
+    cmake_path(GET MVK_DYLIB_DST PARENT_PATH MVK_DYLIB_DST_PARENT)
 
-  # Replacement for std::chrono::time_zone
-  target_link_libraries(shadps4 PRIVATE date::date-tz)
+    set(MVK_ICD "\\\{ \\\"file_format_version\\\": \\\"1.0.0\\\", \\\"ICD\\\": \\\{ \\\"library_path\\\": \\\"${MVK_DYLIB_ICD_PATH}\\\", \\\"api_version\\\": \\\"1.2.0\\\", \\\"is_portability_driver\\\": true \\\} \\\}")
+    add_custom_command(
+        OUTPUT ${MVK_ICD_DST}
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${MVK_ICD_DST_PARENT} && ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo ${MVK_ICD} > ${MVK_ICD_DST})
+
+    add_custom_command(
+        OUTPUT ${MVK_DYLIB_DST}
+        DEPENDS ${MVK_DYLIB_SRC}
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${MVK_DYLIB_DST_PARENT} && ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${MVK_DYLIB_SRC} ${MVK_DYLIB_DST})
+
+    add_custom_target(CopyMoltenVK DEPENDS ${MVK_ICD_DST} ${MVK_DYLIB_DST})
+    add_dependencies(CopyMoltenVK MoltenVK)
+    add_dependencies(shadps4 CopyMoltenVK)
+
+    if (ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "x86_64")
+        # Reserve system-managed memory space.
+        target_link_options(shadps4 PRIVATE -Wl,-no_pie,-no_fixup_chains,-no_huge,-pagezero_size,0x4000,-segaddr,TCB_SPACE,0x4000,-segaddr,SYSTEM_MANAGED,0x400000,-segaddr,SYSTEM_RESERVED,0x7FFFFC000,-image_base,0x20000000000)
+    endif()
+
+    # Replacement for std::chrono::time_zone
+    target_link_libraries(shadps4 PRIVATE date::date-tz)
 endif()
 
 if (NOT ENABLE_QT_GUI)
diff --git a/externals/MoltenVK/MoltenVK b/externals/MoltenVK/MoltenVK
index 067fc6c85..4cf8f9468 160000
--- a/externals/MoltenVK/MoltenVK
+++ b/externals/MoltenVK/MoltenVK
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 067fc6c85b02f37dfda58eeda49d8458e093ed60
+Subproject commit 4cf8f94684c53e581eb9cc694dd3305d1f7d9959
diff --git a/externals/MoltenVK/MoltenVK_icd.json b/externals/MoltenVK/MoltenVK_icd.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c3319263..000000000
--- a/externals/MoltenVK/MoltenVK_icd.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "file_format_version": "1.0.0",
-  "ICD": {
-    "library_path": "../../../Frameworks/libMoltenVK.dylib",
-    "api_version": "1.2.0",
-    "is_portability_driver": true
-  }
-}
diff --git a/externals/MoltenVK/SPIRV-Cross b/externals/MoltenVK/SPIRV-Cross
index 185833a61..2275d0efc 160000
--- a/externals/MoltenVK/SPIRV-Cross
+++ b/externals/MoltenVK/SPIRV-Cross
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 185833a61cbe29ce3bfb5a499ffb3dfeaee3bbe7
+Subproject commit 2275d0efc4f2fa46851035d9d3c67c105bc8b99e
diff --git a/src/common/path_util.cpp b/src/common/path_util.cpp
index 2ff1ddaf7..1a6ff9ec8 100644
--- a/src/common/path_util.cpp
+++ b/src/common/path_util.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static std::optional<std::filesystem::path> GetBundleParentDirectory() {
 #endif
 
 static auto UserPaths = [] {
-#ifdef __APPLE__
+#if defined(__APPLE__) && defined(ENABLE_QT_GUI)
     // Set the current path to the directory containing the app bundle.
     if (const auto bundle_dir = GetBundleParentDirectory()) {
         std::filesystem::current_path(*bundle_dir);
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_platform.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_platform.cpp
index 6e9d825a3..c49e62f4e 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_platform.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_platform.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
 #include "sdl_window.h"
 #include "video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_platform.h"
 
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+#include <mach-o/dyld.h>
+#endif
+
 namespace Vulkan {
 
 static const char* const VALIDATION_LAYER_NAME = "VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation";
@@ -223,19 +227,25 @@ vk::UniqueInstance CreateInstance(Frontend::WindowSystemType window_type, bool e
     LOG_INFO(Render_Vulkan, "Creating vulkan instance");
 
 #ifdef __APPLE__
-#ifdef ENABLE_QT_GUI
+#ifndef ENABLE_QT_GUI
+    // Initialize the environment with the path to the MoltenVK ICD, so that the loader will
+    // find it.
+    static const auto icd_path = [] {
+        char path[PATH_MAX];
+        u32 length = PATH_MAX;
+        _NSGetExecutablePath(path, &length);
+        return std::filesystem::path(path).parent_path() / "MoltenVK_icd.json";
+    }();
+    setenv("VK_DRIVER_FILES", icd_path.c_str(), true);
+#endif
     // If the Vulkan loader exists in /usr/local/lib, give it priority. The Vulkan SDK
-    // installs it here by default but it is not in the default library search path.
+    // installs it here by default, but it is not in the default library search path.
     // The loader has a clause to check for it, but at a lower priority than the bundled
     // libMoltenVK.dylib, so we need to handle it ourselves to give it priority.
     static const std::string usr_local_path = "/usr/local/lib/libvulkan.dylib";
     static vk::detail::DynamicLoader dl = std::filesystem::exists(usr_local_path)
                                               ? vk::detail::DynamicLoader(usr_local_path)
                                               : vk::detail::DynamicLoader();
-#else
-    // TODO: Support layer loading in SDL build. For now just make sure we load the right MoltenVK.
-    static vk::detail::DynamicLoader dl("libMoltenVK.dylib");
-#endif
 #else
     static vk::detail::DynamicLoader dl;
 #endif