diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3bf730fe..bbf470cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build Linux
         if: runner.os == 'Linux'
         run: ./dockerbuild.sh
+      - name: Verify build output
+        shell: bash
+        run: ./verify-build.sh "${{ matrix.rid }}" "${{ matrix.variant }}"
       - name: Upload artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7.0.0
         with:
diff --git a/build.libgit2.sh b/build.libgit2.sh
index 9b5e3f3b..70dd6648 100755
--- a/build.libgit2.sh
+++ b/build.libgit2.sh
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ mkdir -p $PACKAGEPATH/$RID/native
 
 cp libgit2/build/lib$LIBGIT2_FILENAME.$LIBEXT $PACKAGEPATH/$RID/native
 
+LIBGIT2_PATH="$PACKAGEPATH/$RID/native/lib$LIBGIT2_FILENAME.$LIBEXT"
+
 if [[ $OS == "Darwin" ]]; then
     # We don't run Octopus Server on Mac, so we can avoid the restriction of relying on the system crypto libraries
     # (Required for FIPS compliance). Instead we just bundle the packages so devs don't need to install them.
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ if [[ $OS == "Darwin" ]]; then
 
     is_homebrew_path() {
         case "$1" in
-            /opt/homebrew/*|/usr/local/Cellar/*) return 0 ;;
+            /opt/homebrew/*|/usr/local/Cellar/*|/usr/local/opt/*) return 0 ;;
             *) return 1 ;;
         esac
     }
diff --git a/verify-build.sh b/verify-build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c4ec319e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/verify-build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Verifies the output of build.libgit2.sh (or dockerbuild.sh / build.libgit2.ps1)
+# for a given RID, asserting the expected native binaries are present and
+# correctly relocatable.
+#
+# Usage: ./verify-build.sh <rid> [variant]
+#   <rid>     target runtime identifier (e.g. osx-x64, linux-arm64, win-x86)
+#   [variant] optional variant suffix (e.g. openssl1.1)
+
+RID="${1:-}"
+VARIANT="${2:-}"
+
+if [[ -z "$RID" ]]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <rid> [variant]" >&2
+    exit 2
+fi
+
+PACKAGEPATH="nuget.package/runtimes"
+LIBGIT2SHA=$(cat ./nuget.package/libgit2/libgit2_hash.txt)
+SHORTSHA=${LIBGIT2SHA:0:7}
+
+LIBGIT2_BASENAME="libgit2-$SHORTSHA"
+if [[ -n "$VARIANT" ]]; then
+    LIBGIT2_BASENAME="$LIBGIT2_BASENAME-$VARIANT"
+fi
+
+NATIVE_DIR="$PACKAGEPATH/$RID/native"
+
+failures=0
+fail() {
+    echo "FAIL: $*" >&2
+    failures=$((failures + 1))
+}
+pass() {
+    echo "PASS: $*"
+}
+
+require_file() {
+    if [[ -f "$1" ]]; then
+        pass "$1 exists"
+    else
+        fail "$1 missing"
+    fi
+}
+
+echo "Verifying $NATIVE_DIR (rid=$RID, variant=${VARIANT:-none})"
+
+case "$RID" in
+    osx-*)
+        LIBGIT2_FILE="$NATIVE_DIR/$LIBGIT2_BASENAME.dylib"
+        require_file "$LIBGIT2_FILE"
+        require_file "$NATIVE_DIR/libssh2.1.dylib"
+
+        # No dylib in the bundle should retain an absolute Homebrew path; every
+        # such reference should have been rewritten to @rpath/<basename> by the
+        # build script's bundle_homebrew_deps loop. Covers both install-id (the
+        # first line of otool -L output) and load commands.
+        for dylib in "$NATIVE_DIR"/*.dylib; do
+            [[ -f "$dylib" ]] || continue
+            FORBIDDEN=$(otool -L "$dylib" | tail -n +2 | awk '{print $1}' \
+                | grep -E '^(/opt/homebrew/|/usr/local/opt/|/usr/local/Cellar/)' || true)
+            if [[ -n "$FORBIDDEN" ]]; then
+                fail "$(basename "$dylib") retains absolute Homebrew paths:"$'\n'"$FORBIDDEN"
+            else
+                pass "$(basename "$dylib"): no absolute Homebrew dependencies"
+            fi
+        done
+        ;;
+
+    linux-*)
+        LIBGIT2_FILE="$NATIVE_DIR/$LIBGIT2_BASENAME.so"
+        require_file "$LIBGIT2_FILE"
+
+        if [[ ! -f "$LIBGIT2_FILE" ]]; then
+            continue
+        fi
+
+        # readelf works on any ELF regardless of host arch, so it inspects
+        # cross-built arm/arm64/ppc64le/musl artifacts without needing to
+        # execute them.
+        if ! READELF_OUT=$(readelf -d "$LIBGIT2_FILE" 2>&1); then
+            fail "readelf failed on $LIBGIT2_FILE: $READELF_OUT"
+        else
+            NEEDED=$(echo "$READELF_OUT" | awk '/\(NEEDED\)/ {print $NF}' | tr -d '[]')
+            if [[ -z "$NEEDED" ]]; then
+                fail "$LIBGIT2_FILE has no NEEDED entries — readelf may have parsed nothing"
+            elif [[ -n "$VARIANT" ]]; then
+                # Variant builds (e.g. openssl1.1) statically link libssh2 into libgit2.
+                if echo "$NEEDED" | grep -q '^libssh2'; then
+                    fail "$LIBGIT2_FILE dynamically links libssh2 in $VARIANT build (expected static):"$'\n'"$(echo "$NEEDED" | grep '^libssh2')"
+                else
+                    pass "$LIBGIT2_FILE: libssh2 not in NEEDED (statically linked)"
+                fi
+            else
+                # Default builds dynamically bundle libssh2 alongside libgit2 via ldd.
+                if echo "$NEEDED" | grep -q '^libssh2'; then
+                    pass "$LIBGIT2_FILE: libssh2 in NEEDED (dynamic)"
+                else
+                    fail "$LIBGIT2_FILE: libssh2 missing from NEEDED — default build should link dynamically"
+                fi
+                LIBSSH2_BUNDLED=$(find "$NATIVE_DIR" -maxdepth 1 -name 'libssh2.so*' -print -quit)
+                if [[ -n "$LIBSSH2_BUNDLED" ]]; then
+                    pass "$(basename "$LIBSSH2_BUNDLED") bundled alongside libgit2"
+                else
+                    fail "no libssh2.so* found in $NATIVE_DIR — default build should bundle it"
+                fi
+            fi
+        fi
+        ;;
+
+    win-*)
+        require_file "$NATIVE_DIR/git2-$SHORTSHA.dll"
+        require_file "$NATIVE_DIR/libssh2.dll"
+        ;;
+
+    *)
+        fail "Unknown RID: $RID"
+        ;;
+esac
+
+echo
+if [[ $failures -gt 0 ]]; then
+    echo "$failures check(s) failed"
+    exit 1
+fi
+echo "All checks passed"