diff --git a/.github/workflows/bindings_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/bindings_ci.yml
index cd1463d6063..1578d84d440 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bindings_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bindings_ci.yml
@@ -116,3 +116,42 @@ jobs:
     with:
         use_rust_sdk: "." # use local checkout
         use_complement_crypto: "MATCHING_BRANCH"
+
+  test-crypto-apple-framework-generation:
+    name: Generate Crypto FFI Apple XCFramework
+    runs-on: macos-12
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' || !github.event.pull_request.draft
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      # install protoc in case we end up rebuilding opentelemetry-proto
+      - name: Install protoc
+        uses: taiki-e/install-action@v2
+        with:
+          tool: protoc@3.20.3
+
+      - name: Install Rust
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+
+      - name: Add rust targets
+        run: |
+          rustup target add aarch64-apple-ios
+
+      # Cargo config can screw with caching and is only used for alias config
+      # and extra lints, which we don't care about here
+      - name: Delete cargo config
+        run: rm .cargo/config.toml
+
+      - name: Load cache
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+        with:
+          save-if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
+
+      - name: Run the Build Framework script
+        run: ./bindings/apple/build_crypto_xcframework.sh -i
+
+      - name: Is XCFramework generated?
+        if: ${{ hashFiles('generated/MatrixSDKCryptoFFI.zip') != '' }}
+        run: echo "XCFramework exists"
diff --git a/bindings/apple/build_crypto_xcframework.sh b/bindings/apple/build_crypto_xcframework.sh
index 10c7818de4e..98c7b657e7d 100755
--- a/bindings/apple/build_crypto_xcframework.sh
+++ b/bindings/apple/build_crypto_xcframework.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,22 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -eEu
 
+helpFunction() {
+  echo ""
+  echo "Usage: $0 -only_ios"
+  echo -e "\t-i Option to build only for iOS. Default will build for all targets."
+  exit 1
+}
+
+only_ios='false'
+
+while getopts ':i' 'opt'; do
+  case ${opt} in
+  'i') only_ios='true' ;;
+  ?) helpFunction ;;
+  esac
+done
+
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 
 # Path to the repo root
@@ -22,52 +38,63 @@ TARGET_CRATE=matrix-sdk-crypto-ffi
 # Required by olm-sys crate
 export IOS_SDK_PATH=`xcrun --show-sdk-path --sdk iphoneos`
 
-# iOS
-echo -e "Building for iOS [1/5]"
-cargo build -p ${TARGET_CRATE} ${REL_FLAG} --target "aarch64-apple-ios"
-
-# MacOS
-echo -e "\nBuilding for macOS (Apple Silicon) [2/5]"
-cargo build -p ${TARGET_CRATE} ${REL_FLAG} --target "aarch64-apple-darwin"
-echo -e "\nBuilding for macOS (Intel) [3/5]"
-cargo build -p ${TARGET_CRATE} ${REL_FLAG} --target "x86_64-apple-darwin"
-
-# iOS Simulator
-echo -e "\nBuilding for iOS Simulator (Apple Silicon) [4/5]"
-cargo build -p ${TARGET_CRATE} ${REL_FLAG} --target "aarch64-apple-ios-sim"
-echo -e "\nBuilding for iOS Simulator (Intel) [5/5]"
-cargo build -p ${TARGET_CRATE} ${REL_FLAG} --target "x86_64-apple-ios"
+if ${only_ios}; then
+  # iOS
+  echo -e "Building only for iOS"
+  cargo build -p ${TARGET_CRATE} ${REL_FLAG} --target "aarch64-apple-ios"
+else
+  # iOS
+  echo -e "Building for iOS [1/5]"
+  cargo build -p ${TARGET_CRATE} ${REL_FLAG} --target "aarch64-apple-ios"
+
+  # MacOS
+  echo -e "\nBuilding for macOS (Apple Silicon) [2/5]"
+  cargo build -p ${TARGET_CRATE} ${REL_FLAG} --target "aarch64-apple-darwin"
+  echo -e "\nBuilding for macOS (Intel) [3/5]"
+  cargo build -p ${TARGET_CRATE} ${REL_FLAG} --target "x86_64-apple-darwin"
+
+  # iOS Simulator
+  echo -e "\nBuilding for iOS Simulator (Apple Silicon) [4/5]"
+  cargo build -p ${TARGET_CRATE} ${REL_FLAG} --target "aarch64-apple-ios-sim"
+  echo -e "\nBuilding for iOS Simulator (Intel) [5/5]"
+  cargo build -p ${TARGET_CRATE} ${REL_FLAG} --target "x86_64-apple-ios"
+fi
 
 echo -e "\nCreating XCFramework"
 # Lipo together the libraries for the same platform
 
-# MacOS
-lipo -create \
-  "${TARGET_DIR}/x86_64-apple-darwin/${REL_TYPE_DIR}/libmatrix_sdk_crypto_ffi.a" \
-  "${TARGET_DIR}/aarch64-apple-darwin/${REL_TYPE_DIR}/libmatrix_sdk_crypto_ffi.a" \
-  -output "${GENERATED_DIR}/macos/libmatrix_sdk_crypto_ffi.a"
-
-# iOS Simulator
-lipo -create \
-  "${TARGET_DIR}/x86_64-apple-ios/${REL_TYPE_DIR}/libmatrix_sdk_crypto_ffi.a" \
-  "${TARGET_DIR}/aarch64-apple-ios-sim/${REL_TYPE_DIR}/libmatrix_sdk_crypto_ffi.a" \
-  -output "${GENERATED_DIR}/simulator/libmatrix_sdk_crypto_ffi.a"
+if ! ${only_ios}; then
+  echo "Lipo together the libraries for the same platform"
+  # MacOS
+  lipo -create \
+    "${TARGET_DIR}/x86_64-apple-darwin/${REL_TYPE_DIR}/libmatrix_sdk_crypto_ffi.a" \
+    "${TARGET_DIR}/aarch64-apple-darwin/${REL_TYPE_DIR}/libmatrix_sdk_crypto_ffi.a" \
+    -output "${GENERATED_DIR}/macos/libmatrix_sdk_crypto_ffi.a"
+
+  # iOS Simulator
+  lipo -create \
+    "${TARGET_DIR}/x86_64-apple-ios/${REL_TYPE_DIR}/libmatrix_sdk_crypto_ffi.a" \
+    "${TARGET_DIR}/aarch64-apple-ios-sim/${REL_TYPE_DIR}/libmatrix_sdk_crypto_ffi.a" \
+    -output "${GENERATED_DIR}/simulator/libmatrix_sdk_crypto_ffi.a"
+fi
 
 # Generate uniffi files
-cargo uniffi-bindgen generate \
+cd ../matrix-sdk-crypto-ffi && cargo run --bin matrix_sdk_crypto_ffi generate \
   --language swift \
-  --lib-file "${TARGET_DIR}/aarch64-apple-ios-sim/${REL_TYPE_DIR}/libmatrix_sdk_crypto_ffi.a" \
-  --config "${SRC_ROOT}/bindings/${TARGET_CRATE}/uniffi.toml" \
-  --out-dir ${GENERATED_DIR} \
-  "${SRC_ROOT}/bindings/${TARGET_CRATE}/src/olm.udl"
+  --library "${TARGET_DIR}/aarch64-apple-ios/${REL_TYPE_DIR}/libmatrix_sdk_crypto_ffi.a" \
+  --out-dir ${GENERATED_DIR}
 
 # Move headers to the right place
 HEADERS_DIR=${GENERATED_DIR}/headers
 mkdir -p ${HEADERS_DIR}
 mv ${GENERATED_DIR}/*.h ${HEADERS_DIR}
 
-# Rename and move modulemap to the right place
-mv ${GENERATED_DIR}/*.modulemap ${HEADERS_DIR}/module.modulemap
+# Rename and merge the modulemap files into a single file to the right place
+for f in ${GENERATED_DIR}/*.modulemap
+do 
+  cat $f; echo; 
+done > ${HEADERS_DIR}/module.modulemap
+rm ${GENERATED_DIR}/*.modulemap
 
 # Move source files to the right place
 SWIFT_DIR="${GENERATED_DIR}/Sources"
@@ -77,15 +104,21 @@ mv ${GENERATED_DIR}/*.swift ${SWIFT_DIR}
 # Build the xcframework
 
 if [ -d "${GENERATED_DIR}/MatrixSDKCryptoFFI.xcframework" ]; then rm -rf "${GENERATED_DIR}/MatrixSDKCryptoFFI.xcframework"; fi
-
-xcodebuild -create-xcframework \
-  -library "${TARGET_DIR}/aarch64-apple-ios/${REL_TYPE_DIR}/libmatrix_sdk_crypto_ffi.a" \
-  -headers ${HEADERS_DIR} \
-  -library "${GENERATED_DIR}/macos/libmatrix_sdk_crypto_ffi.a" \
-  -headers ${HEADERS_DIR} \
-  -library "${GENERATED_DIR}/simulator/libmatrix_sdk_crypto_ffi.a" \
-  -headers ${HEADERS_DIR} \
-  -output "${GENERATED_DIR}/MatrixSDKCryptoFFI.xcframework"
+if ${only_ios}; then
+  xcodebuild -create-xcframework \
+    -library "${TARGET_DIR}/aarch64-apple-ios/${REL_TYPE_DIR}/libmatrix_sdk_crypto_ffi.a" \
+    -headers ${HEADERS_DIR} \
+    -output "${GENERATED_DIR}/MatrixSDKCryptoFFI.xcframework"
+else
+  xcodebuild -create-xcframework \
+    -library "${TARGET_DIR}/aarch64-apple-ios/${REL_TYPE_DIR}/libmatrix_sdk_crypto_ffi.a" \
+    -headers ${HEADERS_DIR} \
+    -library "${GENERATED_DIR}/macos/libmatrix_sdk_crypto_ffi.a" \
+    -headers ${HEADERS_DIR} \
+    -library "${GENERATED_DIR}/simulator/libmatrix_sdk_crypto_ffi.a" \
+    -headers ${HEADERS_DIR} \
+    -output "${GENERATED_DIR}/MatrixSDKCryptoFFI.xcframework"
+fi
 
 # Cleanup
 if [ -d "${GENERATED_DIR}/macos" ]; then rm -rf "${GENERATED_DIR}/macos"; fi
diff --git a/bindings/matrix-sdk-crypto-ffi/Cargo.toml b/bindings/matrix-sdk-crypto-ffi/Cargo.toml
index 70aefacdeb1..da487027008 100644
--- a/bindings/matrix-sdk-crypto-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bindings/matrix-sdk-crypto-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ publish = false
 [lib]
 crate-type = ["cdylib", "staticlib"]
 
+[[bin]]
+name = "matrix_sdk_crypto_ffi"
+path = "uniffi-bindgen.rs"
+
 [features]
 default = ["bundled-sqlite"]
 bundled-sqlite = ["matrix-sdk-sqlite/bundled"]
@@ -31,7 +35,7 @@ sha2 = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.17", features = ["env-filter"] }
 # keep in sync with uniffi dependency in matrix-sdk-ffi, and uniffi_bindgen in ffi CI job
-uniffi = { workspace = true }
+uniffi = { workspace = true , features = ["cli"]}
 vodozemac = { workspace = true }
 zeroize = { workspace = true, features = ["zeroize_derive"] }
 
@@ -54,6 +58,7 @@ features = ["rt-multi-thread"]
 
 [build-dependencies]
 vergen = { version = "8.2.5", features = ["build", "git", "gitcl"] }
+uniffi = { workspace = true, features = ["build"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = "3.8.0"
diff --git a/bindings/matrix-sdk-crypto-ffi/uniffi-bindgen.rs b/bindings/matrix-sdk-crypto-ffi/uniffi-bindgen.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f6cff6cf1d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/matrix-sdk-crypto-ffi/uniffi-bindgen.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    uniffi::uniffi_bindgen_main()
+}