diff --git a/Makefile.libretro b/Makefile.libretro
index 748618cc..6a189970 100644
--- a/Makefile.libretro
+++ b/Makefile.libretro
@@ -559,6 +559,13 @@ asm_32xdraw = 0
 asm_32xmemory = 0
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(APPLE),1)
+# turn off DRCs on Apple OSes. It needs signing and notarizing on the
+# later versions, which picodrive isn't supporting right now.
+use_sh2drc = 0
+use_svpdrc = 0
+endif
+
 CFLAGS += $(fpic)
 
 ifeq ($(findstring Haiku,$(shell uname -a)),)