diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-ci.yml
index 88b1f593d..407d21460 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-ci.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
     #     fail-on-alert: true
 
     - name: cov
-      run: ninja -Cbuild coverage
+      run: ninja -Cbuild coverage-xml
     - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
       with:
         file: build/meson-logs/coverage.xml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/macos-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84e54df17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: macos-ci
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: macos-10.15
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: install dependencies
+      run: HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew install pkg-config freetype glib cairo icu4c graphite2 gobject-introspection gtk-doc ninja gcovr
+    - run: pip3 install meson fonttools --upgrade
+    - name: run
+      run: PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/opt/icu4c/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/opt/libffi/lib/pkgconfig" meson build -Db_coverage=true -Dcoretext=enabled -Dgraphite=enabled -Dauto_features=enabled -Dchafa=disabled -Doptimization=2
+    - name: ci
+      run: meson test --print-errorlogs -Cbuild
+
+    - name: cov
+      run: ninja -Cbuild coverage-xml
+    - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
+      with:
+        file: build/meson-logs/coverage.xml
diff --git a/src/check-symbols.py b/src/check-symbols.py
index 8050e1bf9..385959bde 100755
--- a/src/check-symbols.py
+++ b/src/check-symbols.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ libs = os.getenv ('libs', '.libs')
 
 IGNORED_SYMBOLS = '|'.join(['_fini', '_init', '_fdata', '_ftext', '_fbss',
 	'__bss_start', '__bss_start__', '__bss_end__', '_edata', '_end', '_bss_end__',
-	'__end__', '__gcov_.*', 'llvm_.*', 'flush_fn_list', 'writeout_fn_list', 'mangle_path'])
+	'__end__', '__gcov_.*', 'llvm_.*', 'flush_fn_list', 'writeout_fn_list', 'mangle_path',
+	'lprofDirMode', 'reset_fn_list'])
 
 nm = os.getenv ('NM', shutil.which ('nm'))
 if not nm:
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ for soname in ['harfbuzz', 'harfbuzz-subset', 'harfbuzz-icu', 'harfbuzz-gobject'
 			tested = True
 
 if not tested:
-	print ('check-symbols.sh: no shared libraries found; skipping test')
+	print ('check-symbols.py: no shared libraries found; skipping test')
 	sys.exit (77)
 
 sys.exit (stat)