diff --git a/examples/ingress/mlir_gen/generate-linalg-3layer-mlp.sh b/examples/ingress/mlir_gen/generate-linalg-3layer-mlp.sh
index 50c117ba..e6a494a2 100755
--- a/examples/ingress/mlir_gen/generate-linalg-3layer-mlp.sh
+++ b/examples/ingress/mlir_gen/generate-linalg-3layer-mlp.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # RUN: bash %s
 
-PROJECT_ROOT="$(dirname "$(dirname "$(dirname "$(dirname "$(readlink -fm "$0")")")")")"
+PROJECT_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../../.." && pwd)"
 CACHE_DIR=$PROJECT_ROOT/cache/ingress/mlir_gen
 
 LAYERS=1024,2048,4096,512
diff --git a/examples/xegpu/kernel_bench.py b/examples/xegpu/kernel_bench.py
index c1a93425..1450bf73 100644
--- a/examples/xegpu/kernel_bench.py
+++ b/examples/xegpu/kernel_bench.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # RUN: %PYTHON %s -l 2 -b 9 --dump-kernel=xegpu-wg | FileCheck %s
+# REQUIRES: torch
 # CHECK: module attributes {gpu.container_module} {
 """
 This script executes KernelBench benchmarks using the XEGPU lowering pipeline.
diff --git a/lighthouse/execution/runner.py b/lighthouse/execution/runner.py
index 2d4c132a..3512e7ff 100644
--- a/lighthouse/execution/runner.py
+++ b/lighthouse/execution/runner.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 from lighthouse.dialects.transform import transform_ext
 from lighthouse.schedule import schedule_boilerplate
 from lighthouse.utils.memref import to_packed_args
-from lighthouse.utils.mlir import get_mlir_library_path
+from lighthouse.utils.mlir import get_mlir_library_path, _SHARED_EXT
 from lighthouse.utils.lib_finder import find_openmp_library
 from .memory_manager import GPUMemoryManager, ExternalMemoryManager, MemoryManager
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def __init__(
         if shared_libs is None:
             shared_libs = []
         # get execution engine, rtclock requires mlir_c_runner
-        c_runner_lib = "libmlir_c_runner_utils.so"
+        c_runner_lib = f"libmlir_c_runner_utils{_SHARED_EXT}"
         if c_runner_lib not in shared_libs:
             shared_libs.append(c_runner_lib)
         self.lib_dir = get_mlir_library_path()
diff --git a/lighthouse/execution/target.py b/lighthouse/execution/target.py
index ff282964..3d4d4720 100644
--- a/lighthouse/execution/target.py
+++ b/lighthouse/execution/target.py
@@ -81,7 +81,14 @@ def override(
             cls.reset_host_cache()
 
     def _get_feature_list(self) -> list[str]:
-        """Get features from lscpu program"""
+        """Get CPU features from the host system."""
+        if platform.system() == "Darwin":
+            return self._get_feature_list_darwin()
+        return self._get_feature_list_linux()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_feature_list_linux() -> list[str]:
+        """Get features from lscpu (Linux)."""
         flags = subprocess.run(
             "lscpu | grep Flags",
             capture_output=True,
@@ -93,7 +100,40 @@ def _get_feature_list(self) -> list[str]:
                 "Could not get CPU features from lscpu. "
                 "Make sure lscpu is installed and available in PATH."
             )
-        features = flags.split()[1:]  # Remove the "Flags:" prefix
+        return flags.split()[1:]
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_feature_list_darwin() -> list[str]:
+        """Get features from sysctl (macOS)."""
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            ["sysctl", "-n", "hw.optional.cpu_features"],
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+        )
+        if result.returncode == 0 and result.stdout.strip():
+            return result.stdout.strip().split()
+
+        # Apple Silicon: enumerate hw.optional.arm.* and hw.optional.armv8_* keys.
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            ["sysctl", "-a"],
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+        )
+        features = []
+        for line in result.stdout.splitlines():
+            if not line.startswith("hw.optional."):
+                continue
+            key, _, value = line.partition(":")
+            if value.strip() not in ("1",):
+                continue
+            # Strip the "hw.optional." prefix.
+            feat = key.split(".", 2)[-1]
+            features.append(feat)
+        if not features:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                "Could not get CPU features from sysctl. "
+                "Make sure sysctl is installed and available in PATH."
+            )
         return features
 
     def has_features(self, filter: list[str]) -> list[str]:
diff --git a/lighthouse/utils/mlir.py b/lighthouse/utils/mlir.py
index e30e7f4e..17e626fe 100644
--- a/lighthouse/utils/mlir.py
+++ b/lighthouse/utils/mlir.py
@@ -5,13 +5,16 @@
 from mlir import ir
 from mlir.dialects import func, linalg
 import os
+import platform
 from pathlib import Path
 
+_SHARED_EXT = ".dylib" if platform.system() == "Darwin" else ".so"
+
 
 def get_mlir_library_path():
     """Return MLIR shared library path."""
     pkg_path = Path(ir.__file__).parent
-    run_utils_so = "libmlir_runner_utils.so"
+    run_utils_lib = f"libmlir_runner_utils{_SHARED_EXT}"
     err_msg = f"Could not find shared libs in locations relative to '{pkg_path}'"
     if "python_packages" in str(pkg_path):
         # looks like a local llvm install
@@ -19,19 +22,19 @@ def get_mlir_library_path():
             # LLVM_INSTALL_DIR/python_packages/mlir_core/mlir
             # lib location: LLVM_INSTALL_DIR/lib/
             path = pkg_path.parent.parent.parent / "lib"
-            assert os.path.isfile(path / run_utils_so)
+            assert os.path.isfile(path / run_utils_lib)
         except AssertionError:
             try:
                 # LLVM_BUILD_DIR/tools/mlir/python_packages/mlir_core/mlir
                 # lib location: LLVM_BUILD_DIR/lib/
                 path = pkg_path.parent.parent.parent.parent.parent / "lib"
-                assert os.path.isfile(path / run_utils_so)
+                assert os.path.isfile(path / run_utils_lib)
             except AssertionError:
                 raise ValueError(err_msg)
     else:
         # maybe installed in python path
         path = pkg_path / "_mlir_libs"
-        assert os.path.isfile(path / run_utils_so), err_msg
+        assert os.path.isfile(path / run_utils_lib), err_msg
     return path