diff --git a/.ci/scripts/test_ios_ci.sh b/.ci/scripts/test_ios_ci.sh
index a160bceed62..7a64d6ae241 100755
--- a/.ci/scripts/test_ios_ci.sh
+++ b/.ci/scripts/test_ios_ci.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,37 @@ python3 -m examples.portable.scripts.export --model_name="$MODEL_NAME" --segment
 python3 -m examples.apple.coreml.scripts.export --model_name="$MODEL_NAME"
 python3 -m examples.xnnpack.aot_compiler --model_name="$MODEL_NAME" --delegate
 
+# MLX has no examples/ export script of its own yet. Lowering is ahead of time and
+# imports no mlx runtime package, so it runs on this runner like the others.
+python3 - "$MODEL_NAME" <<'PY'
+import sys
+
+import torch
+from executorch.backends.mlx import MLXPartitioner
+from executorch.examples.models import MODEL_NAME_TO_MODEL
+from executorch.examples.models.model_factory import EagerModelFactory
+from executorch.exir import EdgeCompileConfig, to_edge_transform_and_lower
+from executorch.extension.export_util.utils import save_pte_program
+
+model_name = sys.argv[1]
+model, example_inputs, _, _ = EagerModelFactory.create_model(
+    *MODEL_NAME_TO_MODEL[model_name]
+)
+program = to_edge_transform_and_lower(
+    torch.export.export(model.eval(), example_inputs),
+    partitioner=[MLXPartitioner()],
+    compile_config=EdgeCompileConfig(_skip_dim_order=True),
+).to_executorch()
+save_pte_program(program, f"{model_name}_mlx")
+PY
+
+# save_pte_program logs write failures instead of raising, and the wildcard move
+# below would happily stage a truncated file, so check the result here.
+test -s "${MODEL_NAME}_mlx.pte" || {
+  echo "error: ${MODEL_NAME}_mlx.pte was not produced" >&2
+  exit 1
+}
+
 mkdir -p "$APP_PATH/Resources/Models/MobileNet/"
 mv $MODEL_NAME*.pte "$APP_PATH/Resources/Models/MobileNet/"
 
diff --git a/scripts/test_ios.sh b/scripts/test_ios.sh
index 0c6cf85652b..4145bd2a45f 100755
--- a/scripts/test_ios.sh
+++ b/scripts/test_ios.sh
@@ -66,6 +66,37 @@ python3 -m examples.portable.scripts.export --model_name="$MODEL_NAME"
 python3 -m examples.apple.coreml.scripts.export --model_name="$MODEL_NAME"
 python3 -m examples.xnnpack.aot_compiler --model_name="$MODEL_NAME" --delegate
 
+# MLX has no examples/ export script of its own yet. Lowering is ahead of time and
+# imports no mlx runtime package, so it runs on this runner like the others.
+python3 - "$MODEL_NAME" <<'PY'
+import sys
+
+import torch
+from executorch.backends.mlx import MLXPartitioner
+from executorch.examples.models import MODEL_NAME_TO_MODEL
+from executorch.examples.models.model_factory import EagerModelFactory
+from executorch.exir import EdgeCompileConfig, to_edge_transform_and_lower
+from executorch.extension.export_util.utils import save_pte_program
+
+model_name = sys.argv[1]
+model, example_inputs, _, _ = EagerModelFactory.create_model(
+    *MODEL_NAME_TO_MODEL[model_name]
+)
+program = to_edge_transform_and_lower(
+    torch.export.export(model.eval(), example_inputs),
+    partitioner=[MLXPartitioner()],
+    compile_config=EdgeCompileConfig(_skip_dim_order=True),
+).to_executorch()
+save_pte_program(program, f"{model_name}_mlx")
+PY
+
+# save_pte_program logs write failures instead of raising, and the wildcard move
+# below would happily stage a truncated file, so check the result here.
+test -s "${MODEL_NAME}_mlx.pte" || {
+  echo "error: ${MODEL_NAME}_mlx.pte was not produced" >&2
+  exit 1
+}
+
 mkdir -p "$APP_PATH/Resources/Models/MobileNet/"
 mv $MODEL_NAME*.pte "$APP_PATH/Resources/Models/MobileNet/"