diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_mac.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_mac.yml
index 9b2ab8e645..b59381e55d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_mac.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_mac.yml
@@ -104,6 +104,14 @@ jobs:
           skip_samples: true
           skip_testing: true
           allow_warnings: true
+        - name: wxiOS Simulator on Silicon Mac
+          runner: macos-15
+          arch: arm64
+          configure_flags: --with-iphonesimulator --enable-monolithic --disable-shared --with-macosx-sdk=$(xcrun --sdk iphonesimulator --show-sdk-path) --host=aarch64-apple-darwin24.6.0 --build=aarch64-apple-darwin --without-libtiff
+          xcode_sdk: iphonesimulator
+          skip_samples: true
+          skip_testing: true
+          allow_warnings: true
 
     env:
       wxUSE_ASAN: ${{ matrix.use_asan && 1 || 0 }}
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7ad2bbeea5..68914de138 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1093,6 +1093,7 @@ with_osx_iphone
 with_osx
 with_cocoa
 with_iphone
+with_iphonesimulator
 with_mac
 with_wine
 with_msw
@@ -2379,6 +2380,7 @@ Optional Packages:
   --with-osx              use macOS (default port, Cocoa)
   --with-cocoa            same as --with-osx_cocoa
   --with-iphone           same as --with-osx_iphone
+  --with-iphonesimulator     same as --with-osx_iphonesimulator
   --with-mac              same as --with-osx
   --with-wine             use Wine
   --with-msw              use MS-Windows
@@ -4478,6 +4480,19 @@ fi
 
 
 
+# Check whether --with-iphonesimulator was given.
+if test "${with_iphonesimulator+set}" = set; then :
+  withval=$with_iphonesimulator;
+            if test "$withval" != yes; then
+                as_fn_error $? "Option --with-iphonesimulator doesn't accept any arguments" "$LINENO" 5
+            fi
+            wxUSE_OSX_IPHONE="$withval" wxUSE_IPHONESIMULATOR="yes" CACHE_OSX_IPHONE=1 TOOLKIT_GIVEN=1
+
+fi
+
+
+
+
 # Check whether --with-mac was given.
 if test "${with_mac+set}" = set; then :
   withval=$with_mac;
@@ -23176,7 +23191,11 @@ fi
 
 if test "x$wxUSE_MACOSX_VERSION_MIN" != "x"; then
     if test "$wxUSE_OSX_IPHONE" = 1; then
-        MACOSX_VERSION_MIN_OPTS="-miphoneos-version-min=$wxUSE_MACOSX_VERSION_MIN"
+        if test "$wxUSE_IPHONESIMULATOR" = "yes"; then
+            MACOSX_VERSION_MIN_OPTS="-miphonesimulator-version-min=$wxUSE_MACOSX_VERSION_MIN"
+        else
+            MACOSX_VERSION_MIN_OPTS="-miphoneos-version-min=$wxUSE_MACOSX_VERSION_MIN"
+        fi
     else
         MACOSX_VERSION_MIN_OPTS="-mmacosx-version-min=$wxUSE_MACOSX_VERSION_MIN"
     fi
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index edbc6f7da5..720711c847 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ WX_ARG_ONLY_WITH(osx_iphone,    [  --with-osx_iphone       use iOS], [wxUSE_OSX_
 WX_ARG_ONLY_WITH(osx,           [  --with-osx              use macOS (default port, Cocoa)], [wxUSE_OSX_COCOA="$withval" CACHE_OSX_COCOA=1 TOOLKIT_GIVEN=1])
 WX_ARG_ONLY_WITH(cocoa,         [  --with-cocoa            same as --with-osx_cocoa], [wxUSE_OSX_COCOA="$withval" CACHE_OSX_COCOA=1 TOOLKIT_GIVEN=1])
 WX_ARG_ONLY_WITH(iphone,        [  --with-iphone           same as --with-osx_iphone], [wxUSE_OSX_IPHONE="$withval" CACHE_OSX_IPHONE=1 TOOLKIT_GIVEN=1])
+WX_ARG_ONLY_WITH(iphonesimulator, [  --with-iphonesimulator     same as --with-osx_iphonesimulator], [wxUSE_OSX_IPHONE="$withval" wxUSE_IPHONESIMULATOR="yes" CACHE_OSX_IPHONE=1 TOOLKIT_GIVEN=1])
 WX_ARG_ONLY_WITH(mac,           [  --with-mac              same as --with-osx], [wxUSE_OSX_COCOA="$withval" CACHE_OSX_COCOA=1 TOOLKIT_GIVEN=1])
 WX_ARG_ONLY_WITH(wine,          [  --with-wine             use Wine], [wxUSE_WINE="$withval" CACHE_WINE=1])
 WX_ARG_ONLY_WITH(msw,           [  --with-msw              use MS-Windows], [wxUSE_MSW="$withval" CACHE_MSW=1 TOOLKIT_GIVEN=1])
@@ -1339,7 +1340,11 @@ fi
 
 if test "x$wxUSE_MACOSX_VERSION_MIN" != "x"; then
     if test "$wxUSE_OSX_IPHONE" = 1; then
-        MACOSX_VERSION_MIN_OPTS="-miphoneos-version-min=$wxUSE_MACOSX_VERSION_MIN"
+        if test "$wxUSE_IPHONESIMULATOR" = "yes"; then
+            MACOSX_VERSION_MIN_OPTS="-miphonesimulator-version-min=$wxUSE_MACOSX_VERSION_MIN"
+        else
+            MACOSX_VERSION_MIN_OPTS="-miphoneos-version-min=$wxUSE_MACOSX_VERSION_MIN"
+        fi
     else
         MACOSX_VERSION_MIN_OPTS="-mmacosx-version-min=$wxUSE_MACOSX_VERSION_MIN"
     fi
diff --git a/docs/ios/install.md b/docs/ios/install.md
index e1a660c0b2..b7d25216fd 100644
--- a/docs/ios/install.md
+++ b/docs/ios/install.md
@@ -25,3 +25,11 @@ The library can also be build via configure/make:
         --enable-macosx_arch=i386 \
         --with-macosx-sdk=$(xcrun --sdk iphonesimulator --show-sdk-path)
     make
+
+On a recent Silicon Mac in the 3.3 branch you need this configure
+to compile for the iPhone simulator:
+
+    ../wxWidgets/configure --with-iphonesimulator --enable-monolithic  \
+        --disable-shared --with-macosx-sdk=$(xcrun --sdk iphonesimulator --show-sdk-path)  \
+        --host=$(../wxWidgets/config.guess) --build=aarch64-apple-darwin --without-libtiff
+    make
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