diff --git a/.github/workflows/develop-image.yml b/.github/workflows/develop-image.yml
index ba37899e9..f2c531e32 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/develop-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/develop-image.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Deploy to S3
       run: |
+        sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/opt/gridlabd
         sh ./setup.sh --local
         sh ./build.sh --system --parallel --upload --release
 
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Deploy to S3
       run: |
+        sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/opt/gridlabd
         sh ./setup.sh --local
         sh ./build.sh --system --parallel --upload --release
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/master-image.yml b/.github/workflows/master-image.yml
index 1737fdc13..a3a9e3451 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/master-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/master-image.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Deploy to S3
       run: |
+        sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/opt/gridlabd
         sh ./setup.sh --local
         sh ./build.sh --system --parallel --upload --release
 
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Deploy to S3
       run: |
+        sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/opt/gridlabd
         sh ./setup.sh --local
         sh ./build.sh --system --parallel --upload --release
 
diff --git a/setup/darwin_24.sh b/setup/darwin_24.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92884323f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup/darwin_24.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+set -x
+alias INSTALL=''
+
+INSTALL error () { echo "ERROR [$(basename $0)]: $*" > /dev/stderr ; exit 1 ; }
+INSTALL PYTHON_VERSION=3.10
+INSTALL PYTHON_VENV=${HOME:-/tmp}/.gridlabd
+INSTALL PYTHON_EXEC=$PYTHON_VENV/bin/python$PYTHON_VERSION
+INSTALL PYTHON_CONFIG=$PYTHON_VENV/bin/python${PYTHON_VERSION}-config
+
+# check for root access
+INSTALL test "$(whoami)" != "root" || error "you should not run setup.sh as root or use sudo"
+
+# prepare brew for installations
+INSTALL brew -h 1>/dev/null 2>&1 || error "you must install brew first. See https://brew.sh for details."
+
+# setup requires python version if not already installed
+if ! python$PYTHON_VERSION --version 1>/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+    INSTALL brew install python@$PYTHON_VERSION
+    python$PYTHON_VERSION --version || error "python$PYTHON_VERSION installation failed"
+fi
+if ! python$PYTHON_VERSION -m venv -h 1>/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+    printf "installing... "
+    INSTALL brew install python$PYTHON_VERSION-venv
+    python$PYTHON_VERSION -m venv -h >/dev/null || error "unable to install python$PYTHON_VERSION-venv"
+fi
+
+# create python venv for setup if not already done
+if [ ! -x "$PYTHON_EXEC" ] ; then
+    INSTALL python$PYTHON_VERSION -m venv $PYTHON_VENV
+    test -x "$PYTHON_EXEC" || error "python venv creation failed"
+fi
+
+# activate the build environment for python
+INSTALL . $PYTHON_VENV/bin/activate
+test ! -z "$VIRTUAL_ENV" || error "python venv activation failed"
+
+# upgrade pip if needed
+if ! "$PYTHON_EXEC" -m pip --version 1>/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+    INSTALL curl -fsL https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python$PYTHON_VERSION
+    INSTALL "$PYTHON_EXEC" -m pip --version || error "pip installation failed"
+fi
+
+# install python-config
+if ! "python$PYTHON_VERSION-config" --prefix 1>/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+    INSTALL brew install python$PYTHON_VERSION-dev
+    python$PYTHON_VERSION-config --prefix || error "python$PYTHON_VERSION-config installation failed"
+fi
+INSTALL "$PYTHON_EXEC" -m pip install --upgrade pip || error "pip update failed"
+
+# install required libraries
+INSTALL brew install autoconf libffi zlib pkg-config xz gdbm tcl-tk
+
+# install required tools
+INSTALL brew install automake libtool gnu-sed gawk
+
+clang -v >/dev/null || error "you have not installed clang. Use 'xcode-select --install' to install command line build tools."
+
+# # update library paths
+# INSTALL ldconfig
+
+# install mysql
+if ! mysql_config --libs >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+    printf "Installing MySQL... "
+    brew install mysql
+    if ! mysql_config --libs >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+        error "Failed to install MySQL with Homebrew."
+    fi
+fi
+
+# install autoconf 2.72 as required
+if [ "$(autoconf --version | head -n 1 | cut -f4 -d' ')" != "2.72" ] ; then
+    (cd /tmp ; curl -sL https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/autoconf/autoconf-2.72.tar.gz | tar xz )
+    (cd /tmp/autoconf-2.72 ; ./configure ; make ; make install)
+    test "$(autoconf --version | head -n 1 | cut -f4 -d' ')" = "2.72" || error "autoconf installation failed"
+fi