diff --git a/extras/package/apple/generate.sh b/extras/package/apple/generate.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+SCRIPTDIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" || exit 1; pwd)"
+VLC_SRC_DIR="$(cd "${SCRIPTDIR}/../../../" || exit 1; pwd)"
+PROJECTDIR="$(pwd)/xcodeproj/"
+
+export VLC_SRC_DIR
+mkdir -p "${PROJECTDIR}" && cd "${PROJECTDIR}" || exit 1
+
+xcodegen generate --project . --spec "${VLC_SRC_DIR}/extras/package/apple/xcodegen.yml" --project-root .