diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-ios-ipa.yml b/.github/workflows/build-ios-ipa.yml
index 7ca55811..475b3558 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-ios-ipa.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-ios-ipa.yml
@@ -65,8 +65,11 @@ jobs:
             -DUNLEASHED_RECOMP_METAL=ON \
             ../..
           
-          # Generate the shader headers and binary resource sources needed by the iOS build.
-          cmake --build . --target UnleashedRecompShaders UnleashedRecompResources
+          # Generate the shader headers, binary resource sources, and PPC recompiled sources
+          # needed by the iOS build. UnleashedRecompPPC is generated here (host macOS config)
+          # because the iOS build uses UNLEASHED_RECOMP_USE_PREGENERATED_RECOMP and expects
+          # the ppc/* and shader/shader_cache.cpp sources to already exist on disk.
+          cmake --build . --target UnleashedRecompShaders UnleashedRecompResources UnleashedRecompPPC
           
           cd ../..
           echo "SPIR-V headers generated successfully"
diff --git a/UnleashedRecompLib/CMakeLists.txt b/UnleashedRecompLib/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c66232a..57fcc3d8 100644
--- a/UnleashedRecompLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/UnleashedRecompLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -93,6 +93,15 @@ if (NOT UNLEASHED_RECOMP_USE_PREGENERATED_RECOMP)
     )
 endif()
 
+# Custom target that only depends on the generated PPC recompiled sources and shader
+# cache, without requiring the sources to be compiled. This allows a host build (e.g.
+# macOS) to generate these files ahead of time for an iOS build, which relies on
+# UNLEASHED_RECOMP_USE_PREGENERATED_RECOMP and does not regenerate them itself.
+add_custom_target(UnleashedRecompPPC DEPENDS 
+    ${UNLEASHED_RECOMP_PPC_RECOMPILED_SOURCES}
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/shader/shader_cache.cpp"
+)
+
 add_library(UnleashedRecompLib 
     ${UNLEASHED_RECOMP_PPC_RECOMPILED_SOURCES}
     "shader/shader_cache.h"