diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d50af48..2fa1b0b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@
 node_modules/
 app/dist/
 .DS_Store
+
+# Generated daemon sidecar for DMG bundling (make dmg)
+app/src-tauri/bin/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index efac077..63d5017 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ APP_DIR         := app
 TAURI_TARGET    := universal-apple-darwin
 DMG_DIR         := $(APP_DIR)/src-tauri/target/$(TAURI_TARGET)/release/bundle/dmg
 NATIVE_DMG_DIR  := $(APP_DIR)/src-tauri/target/release/bundle/dmg
+NATIVE_TRIPLE   := $(shell rustc -vV 2>/dev/null | awk '/^host:/{print $$2}')
+SIDECAR_DIR     := $(APP_DIR)/src-tauri/bin
+BUNDLE_CONFIG   := src-tauri/tauri.bundle.conf.json
 APP_VERSION     := $(shell node -p "require('./$(APP_DIR)/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json').version" 2>/dev/null || echo 0.0.0)
 
 LANDING_IMAGE   := spacesh-landing
@@ -32,12 +35,23 @@ targets: ## add rust targets for the universal build
 
 .PHONY: dmg
 dmg: targets ## build the universal (Intel + Apple Silicon) .dmg — UNSIGNED
-	cd $(APP_DIR) && npm run tauri build -- --target $(TAURI_TARGET)
+	# Build the daemon for both arches and lipo into a universal sidecar so it
+	# ships inside spacesh.app/Contents/MacOS/spaceshd (else the GUI is offline).
+	cargo build --release -p spaceshd --target aarch64-apple-darwin
+	cargo build --release -p spaceshd --target x86_64-apple-darwin
+	mkdir -p $(SIDECAR_DIR)
+	lipo -create -output $(SIDECAR_DIR)/spaceshd-universal-apple-darwin \
+		target/aarch64-apple-darwin/release/spaceshd \
+		target/x86_64-apple-darwin/release/spaceshd
+	cd $(APP_DIR) && npm run tauri build -- --target $(TAURI_TARGET) --config $(BUNDLE_CONFIG)
 	@echo "→ $(DMG_DIR)" && ls -lh $(DMG_DIR)/*.dmg
 
 .PHONY: dmg-native
 dmg-native: ## build a .dmg for the current arch only (faster)
-	cd $(APP_DIR) && npm run tauri build
+	cargo build --release -p spaceshd
+	mkdir -p $(SIDECAR_DIR)
+	cp target/release/spaceshd $(SIDECAR_DIR)/spaceshd-$(NATIVE_TRIPLE)
+	cd $(APP_DIR) && npm run tauri build -- --config $(BUNDLE_CONFIG)
 	@ls -lh $(NATIVE_DMG_DIR)/*.dmg
 
 .PHONY: dev
diff --git a/app/src-tauri/tauri.bundle.conf.json b/app/src-tauri/tauri.bundle.conf.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b9b9b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src-tauri/tauri.bundle.conf.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
+  "bundle": {
+    "externalBin": ["bin/spaceshd"]
+  }
+}