diff --git a/.evergreen/buildvariants-and-tasks.in.yml b/.evergreen/buildvariants-and-tasks.in.yml
index b9370851955..1ec21489680 100644
--- a/.evergreen/buildvariants-and-tasks.in.yml
+++ b/.evergreen/buildvariants-and-tasks.in.yml
@@ -80,18 +80,18 @@ const SMOKETEST_BUILD_VARIANTS = [
 //    run_on: 'rhel80-large',
 //    depends_on: 'package-rhel',
 //  },
-//  {
-//    name: 'smoketest-macos-x64',
-//    display_name: 'Smoketest MacOS Intel',
-//    run_on: 'macos-14',
-//    depends_on: 'package-macos-x64',
-//  },
-//  {
-//    name: 'smoketest-macos-arm',
-//    display_name: 'Smoketest MacOS Arm64',
-//    run_on: 'macos-14-arm64',
-//    depends_on: 'package-macos-arm',
-//  }
+  {
+    name: 'smoketest-macos-x64',
+    display_name: 'Smoketest MacOS Intel',
+    run_on: 'macos-14',
+    depends_on: 'package-macos-x64',
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'smoketest-macos-arm',
+    display_name: 'Smoketest MacOS Arm64',
+    run_on: 'macos-14-arm64',
+    depends_on: 'package-macos-arm',
+  }
 ];
 
 const TEST_PACKAGED_APP_BUILD_VARIANTS = [
diff --git a/.evergreen/buildvariants-and-tasks.yml b/.evergreen/buildvariants-and-tasks.yml
index b5987af6c34..d0a40dec336 100644
--- a/.evergreen/buildvariants-and-tasks.yml
+++ b/.evergreen/buildvariants-and-tasks.yml
@@ -84,6 +84,22 @@ buildvariants:
         variant: package-ubuntu
     tasks:
       - name: smoketest-compass
+  - name: smoketest-macos-x64-compass
+    display_name: Smoketest MacOS Intel (compass)
+    run_on: macos-14
+    depends_on:
+      - name: package-compass
+        variant: package-macos-x64
+    tasks:
+      - name: smoketest-compass
+  - name: smoketest-macos-arm-compass
+    display_name: Smoketest MacOS Arm64 (compass)
+    run_on: macos-14-arm64
+    depends_on:
+      - name: package-compass
+        variant: package-macos-arm
+    tasks:
+      - name: smoketest-compass
   - name: test-eol-servers
     display_name: Test EoL Servers
     run_on: ubuntu1804-large
diff --git a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/installers/helpers.ts b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/installers/helpers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9e0b6895661
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/installers/helpers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import type { SpawnSyncReturns } from 'child_process';
+
+export function assertSpawnSyncResult(
+  result: SpawnSyncReturns<string>,
+  name: string
+) {
+  if (result.status === null) {
+    if (result.signal !== null) {
+      throw new Error(`${name} terminated due to signal ${result.signal}`);
+    }
+
+    // not supposed to be possible to get here, but just in case
+    throw new Error(`${name} terminated with no status or signal`);
+  }
+
+  if (result.status !== 0) {
+    throw new Error(`${name} failed with exit code ${result.status}`);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/installers/mac-dmg.ts b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/installers/mac-dmg.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7da9ac1be91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/installers/mac-dmg.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { existsSync } from 'fs';
+import { assertSpawnSyncResult } from './helpers';
+import type { InstalledAppInfo, Package } from './types';
+import { spawnSync } from 'child_process';
+
+function exec(command: string, args: string[]) {
+  console.log(command, ...args);
+
+  assertSpawnSyncResult(
+    spawnSync(command, args, {
+      encoding: 'utf8',
+      stdio: 'inherit',
+    }),
+    `${command} ${args.join(' ')}`
+  );
+}
+
+export async function installMacDMG(
+  appName: string,
+  { filepath }: Package
+): Promise<InstalledAppInfo> {
+  const fullDestinationPath = `/Applications/${appName}.app`;
+
+  if (existsSync(fullDestinationPath)) {
+    throw new Error(`${fullDestinationPath} already exists`);
+  }
+
+  exec('hdiutil', ['attach', filepath]);
+  try {
+    exec('cp', ['-r', `/Volumes/${appName}/${appName}.app`, '/Applications']);
+  } finally {
+    exec('hdiutil', ['detach', `/Volumes/${appName}`]);
+  }
+
+  return Promise.resolve({
+    appName,
+    appPath: `/Applications/${appName}.app`,
+  });
+}
diff --git a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/installers/types.ts b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/installers/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..70855624aa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/installers/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export type Package = {
+  filename: string;
+  filepath: string;
+};
+
+export type InstalledAppInfo = {
+  appName: string;
+  appPath: string;
+};
diff --git a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/smoke-test.ts b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/smoke-test.ts
index 67a9cd2de64..2417f0731e9 100755
--- a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/smoke-test.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/smoke-test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env npx ts-node
+import { spawnSync } from 'child_process';
 import { createWriteStream, existsSync, promises as fs } from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import yargs from 'yargs';
@@ -7,6 +8,9 @@ import { hideBin } from 'yargs/helpers';
 import https from 'https';
 import { pick } from 'lodash';
 import { handler as writeBuildInfo } from 'hadron-build/commands/info';
+import type { InstalledAppInfo, Package } from './installers/types';
+import { installMacDMG } from './installers/mac-dmg';
+import { assertSpawnSyncResult } from './installers/helpers';
 
 const argv = yargs(hideBin(process.argv))
   .scriptName('smoke-tests')
@@ -137,6 +141,10 @@ async function run() {
   writeBuildInfo(infoArgs);
   const buildInfo = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(infoArgs.out, 'utf8'));
 
+  if (!buildInfoIsCommon(buildInfo)) {
+    throw new Error('buildInfo is missing');
+  }
+
   // filter the extensions given the platform (isWindows, isOSX, isUbuntu, isRHEL) and extension
   const { isWindows, isOSX, isRHEL, isUbuntu, extension } = context;
 
@@ -150,9 +158,9 @@ async function run() {
 
   if (!context.skipDownload) {
     await Promise.all(
-      packages.map(async ({ name, filepath }) => {
+      packages.map(async ({ filename, filepath }) => {
         await fs.mkdir(path.dirname(filepath), { recursive: true });
-        const url = `https://${context.bucketName}.s3.amazonaws.com/${context.bucketKeyPrefix}/${name}`;
+        const url = `https://${context.bucketName}.s3.amazonaws.com/${context.bucketKeyPrefix}/${filename}`;
         console.log(url);
         return downloadFile(url, filepath);
       })
@@ -162,6 +170,24 @@ async function run() {
   verifyPackagesExist(packages);
 
   // TODO(COMPASS-8533): extract or install each package and then test the Compass binary
+  for (const pkg of packages) {
+    let appInfo: InstalledAppInfo | undefined = undefined;
+
+    console.log('installing', pkg.filepath);
+
+    if (pkg.filename.endsWith('.dmg')) {
+      appInfo = await installMacDMG(buildInfo.productName, pkg);
+    }
+
+    // TODO: all the other installers go here
+
+    if (appInfo) {
+      console.log('testing', appInfo.appPath);
+      testInstalledApp(appInfo);
+    } else {
+      console.log(`no app got installed for ${pkg.filename}`);
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 function platformFromContext(
@@ -189,6 +215,18 @@ type PackageFilterConfig = Pick<
 
 // subsets of the hadron-build info result
 
+const commonKeys = ['productName'];
+type CommonBuildInfo = Record<typeof commonKeys[number], string>;
+
+function buildInfoIsCommon(buildInfo: any): buildInfo is CommonBuildInfo {
+  for (const key of commonKeys) {
+    if (!buildInfo[key]) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
 const windowsFilenameKeys = [
   'windows_setup_filename',
   'windows_msi_filename',
@@ -245,11 +283,6 @@ function buildInfoIsRHEL(buildInfo: any): buildInfo is RHELBuildInfo {
   return true;
 }
 
-type Package = {
-  name: string;
-  filepath: string;
-};
-
 function getFilteredPackages(
   compassDir: string,
   buildInfo: any,
@@ -282,11 +315,11 @@ function getFilteredPackages(
   const extension = config.extension;
 
   return names
-    .filter((name) => !extension || name.endsWith(extension))
-    .map((name) => {
+    .filter((filename) => !extension || filename.endsWith(extension))
+    .map((filename) => {
       return {
-        name,
-        filepath: path.join(compassDir, 'dist', name),
+        filename,
+        filepath: path.join(compassDir, 'dist', filename),
       };
     });
 }
@@ -333,6 +366,32 @@ function verifyPackagesExist(packages: Package[]): void {
   }
 }
 
+function testInstalledApp(appInfo: InstalledAppInfo) {
+  const result = spawnSync(
+    'npm',
+    [
+      'run',
+      '--unsafe-perm',
+      'test-packaged',
+      '--workspace',
+      'compass-e2e-tests',
+      '--',
+      '--test-filter=time-to-first-query',
+    ],
+    {
+      encoding: 'utf8',
+      stdio: 'inherit',
+      env: {
+        ...process.env,
+        COMPASS_APP_NAME: appInfo.appName,
+        COMPASS_APP_PATH: appInfo.appPath,
+      },
+    }
+  );
+
+  assertSpawnSyncResult(result, 'npm run test-packaged');
+}
+
 run()
   .then(function () {
     console.log('done');