diff --git a/desktop/setup-freeze.py b/desktop/setup-freeze.py
index 2c8606dc..d311a942 100644
--- a/desktop/setup-freeze.py
+++ b/desktop/setup-freeze.py
@@ -57,6 +57,86 @@ elif platform.system() == "Linux":
         print("Install the patchelf package")
         sys.exit()
 
+
+build_exe_options = {
+    "packages": [
+        "cffi",
+        "engineio",
+        "engineio.async_drivers.gevent",
+        "engineio.async_drivers.gevent_uwsgi",
+        "gevent",
+        "jinja2.ext",
+        "onionshare",
+        "onionshare_cli",
+        "PySide6",
+        "shiboken6",
+        "PySide6.QtCore",
+        "PySide6.QtGui",
+        "PySide6.QtWidgets",
+    ],
+    "excludes": [
+        "test",
+        "tkinter",
+        "PySide6.Qt3DAnimation",
+        "PySide6.Qt3DCore",
+        "PySide6.Qt3DExtras",
+        "PySide6.Qt3DInput",
+        "PySide6.Qt3DLogic",
+        "PySide6.Qt3DRender",
+        "PySide6.QtCharts",
+        "PySide6.QtConcurrent",
+        "PySide6.QtDataVisualization",
+        "PySide6.QtHelp",
+        "PySide6.QtLocation",
+        "PySide6.QtMultimedia",
+        "PySide6.QtMultimediaWidgets",
+        "PySide6.QtNetwork",
+        "PySide6.QtOpenGL",
+        "PySide6.QtOpenGLFunctions",
+        "PySide6.QtPositioning",
+        "PySide6.QtPrintSupport",
+        "PySide6.QtQml",
+        "PySide6.QtQuick",
+        "PySide6.QtQuickControls2",
+        "PySide6.QtQuickWidgets",
+        "PySide6.QtRemoteObjects",
+        "PySide6.QtScript",
+        "PySide6.QtScriptTools",
+        "PySide6.QtScxml",
+        "PySide6.QtSensors",
+        "PySide6.QtSerialPort",
+        "PySide6.QtSql",
+        "PySide6.QtTest",
+        "PySide6.QtTextToSpeech",
+        "PySide6.QtUiTools",
+        "PySide6.QtWebChannel",
+        "PySide6.QtWebEngine",
+        "PySide6.QtWebEngineCore",
+        "PySide6.QtWebEngineWidgets",
+        "PySide6.QtWebSockets",
+        "PySide6.QtXml",
+        "PySide6.QtXmlPatterns",
+    ],
+    "include_files": include_files,
+    "include_msvcr": include_msvcr,
+}
+
+# If Mac Silicon, the dependencies need to be in zip_include_packages
+if platform.system() == "Darwin" and platform.processor() == "arm":
+    build_exe_options["zip_include_packages"] = [
+        "cffi",
+        "engineio",
+        "engineio.async_drivers.gevent",
+        "engineio.async_drivers.gevent_uwsgi",
+        "gevent",
+        "jinja2.ext",
+        "PySide6",
+        "shiboken6",
+        "PySide6.QtCore",
+        "PySide6.QtGui",
+        "PySide6.QtWidgets",
+    ]
+
 setup(
     name="onionshare",
     version=version,
@@ -68,79 +148,7 @@ setup(
     ),
     options={
         # build_exe, for Windows and macOS
-        "build_exe": {
-            "packages": [
-                "cffi",
-                "engineio",
-                "engineio.async_drivers.gevent",
-                "engineio.async_drivers.gevent_uwsgi",
-                "gevent",
-                "jinja2.ext",
-                "onionshare",
-                "onionshare_cli",
-                "PySide6",
-                "PySide6.QtCore",
-                "PySide6.QtGui",
-                "PySide6.QtWidgets",
-            ],
-            "zip_include_packages": [
-                "cffi",
-                "engineio",
-                "engineio.async_drivers.gevent",
-                "engineio.async_drivers.gevent_uwsgi",
-                "gevent",
-                "jinja2.ext",
-                "PySide6",
-                "PySide6.QtCore",
-                "PySide6.QtGui",
-                "PySide6.QtWidgets",
-            ],
-            "excludes": [
-                "test",
-                "tkinter",
-                "PySide6.Qt3DAnimation",
-                "PySide6.Qt3DCore",
-                "PySide6.Qt3DExtras",
-                "PySide6.Qt3DInput",
-                "PySide6.Qt3DLogic",
-                "PySide6.Qt3DRender",
-                "PySide6.QtCharts",
-                "PySide6.QtConcurrent",
-                "PySide6.QtDataVisualization",
-                "PySide6.QtHelp",
-                "PySide6.QtLocation",
-                "PySide6.QtMultimedia",
-                "PySide6.QtMultimediaWidgets",
-                "PySide6.QtNetwork",
-                "PySide6.QtOpenGL",
-                "PySide6.QtOpenGLFunctions",
-                "PySide6.QtPositioning",
-                "PySide6.QtPrintSupport",
-                "PySide6.QtQml",
-                "PySide6.QtQuick",
-                "PySide6.QtQuickControls2",
-                "PySide6.QtQuickWidgets",
-                "PySide6.QtRemoteObjects",
-                "PySide6.QtScript",
-                "PySide6.QtScriptTools",
-                "PySide6.QtScxml",
-                "PySide6.QtSensors",
-                "PySide6.QtSerialPort",
-                "PySide6.QtSql",
-                "PySide6.QtTest",
-                "PySide6.QtTextToSpeech",
-                "PySide6.QtUiTools",
-                "PySide6.QtWebChannel",
-                "PySide6.QtWebEngine",
-                "PySide6.QtWebEngineCore",
-                "PySide6.QtWebEngineWidgets",
-                "PySide6.QtWebSockets",
-                "PySide6.QtXml",
-                "PySide6.QtXmlPatterns",
-            ],
-            "include_files": include_files,
-            "include_msvcr": include_msvcr,
-        },
+        "build_exe": build_exe_options,
         # bdist_mac, making the macOS app bundle
         "bdist_mac": {
             "iconfile": os.path.join("onionshare", "resources", "onionshare.icns"),