diff --git a/common/network-common/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/network/util/IOMode.java b/common/network-common/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/network/util/IOMode.java
index 6b208d95bbfbc..6ab401b9a0d5a 100644
--- a/common/network-common/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/network/util/IOMode.java
+++ b/common/network-common/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/network/util/IOMode.java
@@ -19,9 +19,18 @@
 
 /**
  * Selector for which form of low-level IO we should use.
- * NIO is always available, while EPOLL is only available on Linux.
- * AUTO is used to select EPOLL if it's available, or NIO otherwise.
  */
 public enum IOMode {
-  NIO, EPOLL
+  /**
+   * Java NIO (Selector), cross-platform portable
+   */
+  NIO,
+  /**
+   * Native EPOLL via JNI, Linux only
+   */
+  EPOLL,
+  /**
+   * Native KQUEUE via JNI, MacOS/BSD only
+   */
+  KQUEUE
 }
diff --git a/common/network-common/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/network/util/NettyUtils.java b/common/network-common/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/network/util/NettyUtils.java
index 2dd1c8f2e4a7d..da4b3109bbe1e 100644
--- a/common/network-common/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/network/util/NettyUtils.java
+++ b/common/network-common/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/network/util/NettyUtils.java
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 import io.netty.channel.epoll.EpollEventLoopGroup;
 import io.netty.channel.epoll.EpollServerSocketChannel;
 import io.netty.channel.epoll.EpollSocketChannel;
+import io.netty.channel.kqueue.KQueueEventLoopGroup;
+import io.netty.channel.kqueue.KQueueServerSocketChannel;
+import io.netty.channel.kqueue.KQueueSocketChannel;
 import io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioServerSocketChannel;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioSocketChannel;
@@ -68,6 +71,7 @@ public static EventLoopGroup createEventLoop(IOMode mode, int numThreads, String
     return switch (mode) {
       case NIO -> new NioEventLoopGroup(numThreads, threadFactory);
       case EPOLL -> new EpollEventLoopGroup(numThreads, threadFactory);
+      case KQUEUE ->  new KQueueEventLoopGroup(numThreads, threadFactory);
     };
   }
 
@@ -76,6 +80,7 @@ public static Class<? extends Channel> getClientChannelClass(IOMode mode) {
     return switch (mode) {
       case NIO -> NioSocketChannel.class;
       case EPOLL -> EpollSocketChannel.class;
+      case KQUEUE -> KQueueSocketChannel.class;
     };
   }
 
@@ -84,6 +89,7 @@ public static Class<? extends ServerChannel> getServerChannelClass(IOMode mode)
     return switch (mode) {
       case NIO -> NioServerSocketChannel.class;
       case EPOLL -> EpollServerSocketChannel.class;
+      case KQUEUE -> KQueueServerSocketChannel.class;
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/ShuffleNettySuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/ShuffleNettySuite.scala
index 378a361845139..18a8453d60be2 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/ShuffleNettySuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/ShuffleNettySuite.scala
@@ -17,14 +17,42 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark
 
-import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfterAll
+import org.scalactic.source.Position
+import org.scalatest.{BeforeAndAfterAll, Tag}
 
-class ShuffleNettySuite extends ShuffleSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
+import org.apache.spark.network.util.IOMode
+import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
+
+abstract class ShuffleNettySuite extends ShuffleSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
 
   // This test suite should run all tests in ShuffleSuite with Netty shuffle mode.
 
+  def ioMode: IOMode = IOMode.NIO
+  def shouldRunTests: Boolean = true
   override def beforeAll(): Unit = {
     super.beforeAll()
     conf.set("spark.shuffle.blockTransferService", "netty")
+    conf.set("spark.shuffle.io.mode", ioMode.toString)
+  }
+
+  override protected def test(testName: String, testTags: Tag*)(testBody: => Any)(
+    implicit pos: Position): Unit = {
+    if (!shouldRunTests) {
+      ignore(s"$testName [disabled on ${Utils.osName} with $ioMode]")(testBody)
+    } else {
+      super.test(testName, testTags: _*) {testBody}
+    }
   }
 }
+
+class ShuffleNettyNioSuite extends ShuffleNettySuite
+
+class ShuffleNettyEpollSuite extends ShuffleNettySuite {
+  override def shouldRunTests: Boolean = Utils.isLinux
+  override def ioMode: IOMode = IOMode.EPOLL
+}
+
+class ShuffleNettyKQueueSuite extends ShuffleNettySuite {
+  override def shouldRunTests: Boolean = Utils.isMac
+  override def ioMode: IOMode = IOMode.KQUEUE
+}