diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8b521ae3e5..cd9a196ccd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ x.x.x Release notes (yyyy-MM-dd)
 * Throw an exception when a class subset has objects with array or object
   properties of a type that are not part of the class subset.
 
+0.95.3 Release notes (2015-10-02)
+=============================================================
+
+* Compile iOS Simulator framework architectures with `-fembed-bitcode-marker`.
+
 0.95.2 Release notes (2015-09-24)
 =============================================================
 
diff --git a/Realm.podspec b/Realm.podspec
index adc6ef14d7..549a0fdc63 100644
--- a/Realm.podspec
+++ b/Realm.podspec
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
                                 'OTHER_CPLUSPLUSFLAGS' => '-std=c++1y $(inherited)' }
   s.preserve_paths          = %w(build.sh)
 
-  s.ios.deployment_target   = '7.0'
-  s.ios.vendored_library    = 'core/librealm-ios.a'
+  s.ios.deployment_target   = '8.0'
+  s.ios.vendored_library    = 'core/librealm-ios-bitcode.a'
 
   s.osx.deployment_target   = '10.9'
   s.osx.vendored_library    = 'core/librealm-osx.a'
diff --git a/Realm.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Realm.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 1de8f36420..3f416e5000 100644
--- a/Realm.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Realm.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@
 			buildConfigurationList = 144C2F451B3D33D0005C8F81 /* Build configuration list for PBXNativeTarget "watchOS" */;
 			buildPhases = (
 				144C2F591B3D34B1005C8F81 /* Get Version Number */,
-				293F98F11A76E05A00C0199D /* Download Core */,
+				293F98F11A76E05A00C0199D /* Download Core & Set Bitcode Symlink */,
 				144C2F391B3D33D0005C8F81 /* Sources */,
 				144C2F3B1B3D33D0005C8F81 /* Headers */,
 				148FF9F51BB9A727000C7028 /* Copy Strip Frameworks Script */,
@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@
 			buildConfigurationList = 29E3C7371A71C1C700B62C1D /* Build configuration list for PBXNativeTarget "iOS Dynamic" */;
 			buildPhases = (
 				293F98F01A76E05700C0199D /* Get Version Number */,
-				293F98F11A76E05A00C0199D /* Download Core */,
+				293F98F11A76E05A00C0199D /* Download Core & Set Bitcode Symlink */,
 				29E3C7071A71C1C700B62C1D /* Sources */,
 				29E3C71A1A71C1C700B62C1D /* Headers */,
 				E81C393F1AE5CE7B00F03B56 /* Copy Strip Frameworks Script */,
@@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@
 			buildConfigurationList = E856D1E8195614A400FB2FCF /* Build configuration list for PBXNativeTarget "iOS" */;
 			buildPhases = (
 				3F69DF9E19CA0DF900607109 /* Get Version Number */,
-				E856D1EE1956151D00FB2FCF /* Download Core */,
+				E856D1EE1956151D00FB2FCF /* Download Core & Set Bitcode Symlink */,
 				E856D1D0195614A300FB2FCF /* Sources */,
 				E856D1D2195614A300FB2FCF /* Headers */,
 			);
@@ -1504,19 +1504,19 @@
 			shellPath = /bin/sh;
 			shellScript = "echo \"#define REALM_COCOA_VERSION @\\\"$(sh build.sh get-version)\\\"\" > ${DERIVED_FILE_DIR}/RLMVersion.h";
 		};
-		293F98F11A76E05A00C0199D /* Download Core */ = {
+		293F98F11A76E05A00C0199D /* Download Core & Set Bitcode Symlink */ = {
 			isa = PBXShellScriptBuildPhase;
 			buildActionMask = 2147483647;
 			files = (
 			);
 			inputPaths = (
 			);
-			name = "Download Core";
+			name = "Download Core & Set Bitcode Symlink";
 			outputPaths = (
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 			shellPath = /bin/sh;
-			shellScript = "sh build.sh download-core";
+			shellScript = "sh build.sh download-core\nsh build.sh set-core-bitcode-symlink";
 		};
 		3F69DF9E19CA0DF900607109 /* Get Version Number */ = {
 			isa = PBXShellScriptBuildPhase;
@@ -1562,19 +1562,19 @@
 			shellPath = /bin/sh;
 			shellScript = "sh build.sh download-core";
 		};
-		E856D1EE1956151D00FB2FCF /* Download Core */ = {
+		E856D1EE1956151D00FB2FCF /* Download Core & Set Bitcode Symlink */ = {
 			isa = PBXShellScriptBuildPhase;
 			buildActionMask = 2147483647;
 			files = (
 			);
 			inputPaths = (
 			);
-			name = "Download Core";
+			name = "Download Core & Set Bitcode Symlink";
 			outputPaths = (
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 			shellPath = /bin/sh;
-			shellScript = "sh build.sh download-core";
+			shellScript = "sh build.sh download-core\nsh build.sh set-core-bitcode-symlink";
 		};
 		E8DFDD901B5EAA3100282424 /* Set Swift Version */ = {
 			isa = PBXShellScriptBuildPhase;
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index c60409d9af..9952593a46 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 ##################################################################################
-# Custom build tool for Realm Objective C binding.
+# Custom build tool for Realm Objective-C binding.
 #
 # (C) Copyright 2011-2015 by realm.io.
 ##################################################################################
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 set -e
 
 # You can override the version of the core library
-: ${REALM_CORE_VERSION:=0.92.2} # set to "current" to always use the current build
+: ${REALM_CORE_VERSION:=0.92.4} # set to "current" to always use the current build
 
 # You can override the xcmode used
 : ${XCMODE:=xcodebuild} # must be one of: xcodebuild (default), xcpretty, xctool
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Usage: sh $0 command [argument]
 command:
   clean:                clean up/remove all generated files
   download-core:        downloads core library (binary version)
+  set-core-bitcode-symlink: set core symlink to bitcode version for Xcode 7+ or non-bitcode version otherwise
   build:                builds all iOS  and OS X frameworks
   ios-static:           builds fat iOS static framework
   ios-dynamic:          builds iOS dynamic frameworks
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ case "$COMMAND" in
         ;;
 
     ######################################
-    # Download Core Library
+    # Core
     ######################################
     "download-core")
         if [ "$REALM_CORE_VERSION" = "current" ]; then
@@ -309,6 +310,20 @@ case "$COMMAND" in
         exit 0
         ;;
 
+    "set-core-bitcode-symlink")
+        cd core
+        rm -f librealm-ios.a librealm-ios-dbg.a
+        if [ $REALM_SWIFT_VERSION = '1.2' ]; then
+            echo "Using core without bitcode"
+            ln -s librealm-ios-no-bitcode.a librealm-ios.a
+            ln -s librealm-ios-no-bitcode-dbg.a librealm-ios-dbg.a
+        else
+            echo "Using core with bitcode"
+            ln -s librealm-ios-bitcode.a librealm-ios.a
+            ln -s librealm-ios-bitcode-dbg.a librealm-ios-dbg.a
+        fi
+        ;;
+
     ######################################
     # Swift versioning
     ######################################