diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0af75b42c29..ed96a2438e2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ $(PKG): release-only
 		--resources $(MACOSOUTDIR)/installer/productbuild/Resources \
 		--package-path $(MACOSOUTDIR)/pkgs ./$(PKG)
 	SIGN="$(PRODUCTSIGN_CERT)" PKG="$(PKG)" sh tools/osx-productsign.sh
-	sh tools/osx-notarize.sh $(FULLVERSION)
+	sh tools/osx-notarize.sh $(PKG)
 
 .PHONY: pkg
 pkg: $(PKG) ## Build the macOS installer for releases.
@@ -1433,6 +1433,7 @@ else
 endif
 ifeq ($(OSTYPE),darwin)
 	SIGN="$(CODESIGN_CERT)" PKGDIR="$(BINARYNAME)" sh tools/osx-codesign.sh
+	sh tools/osx-notarize.sh $(BINARYNAME)/bin/node
 endif
 	tar -cf $(BINARYNAME).tar $(BINARYNAME)
 	$(RM) -r $(BINARYNAME)
diff --git a/tools/osx-notarize.sh b/tools/osx-notarize.sh
index 06ba801c9e8..ea9401b4816 100755
--- a/tools/osx-notarize.sh
+++ b/tools/osx-notarize.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,27 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# Notarize a generated node-<version>.pkg file as an Apple requirement for installation on macOS Catalina and later, as validated by Gatekeeper.
+# Notarize a macOS release artifact as an Apple requirement for running or
+# installing on macOS Catalina and later, as validated by Gatekeeper.
 # Uses notarytool and requires Xcode >= 13.0.
+#
+# Usage: osx-notarize.sh <path>
+#
+#   <path> ending in .pkg: the installer is submitted as is, assessed with
+#     spctl and the notarization ticket is stapled to it.
+#   any other <path>: a Mach-O binary, such as bin/node from the release
+#     tarball. Apple only accepts zip, dmg or pkg submissions, so the binary
+#     is zipped for the upload and the zip is discarded afterwards. A bare
+#     binary cannot carry a stapled ticket; Gatekeeper fetches it online by
+#     the code directory hash, so the binary itself is left untouched and the
+#     published checksums do not change.
+#
+# For backwards compatibility a bare version id (for example v26.13.0) is
+# accepted and resolved to node-<version>.pkg.
 
-pkgid="$1"
+target="$1"
 
-if [ -z "$pkgid" ]; then
-  echo "Usage: $0 <pkgid>"
+if [ -z "$target" ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <path-to-pkg-or-binary>"
   exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -26,6 +41,21 @@ if [ -z "$NOTARIZATION_TEAM_ID" ]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
+# Legacy call form: a version id instead of a path.
+if [ ! -e "$target" ] && [ -e "node-$target.pkg" ]; then
+  target="node-$target.pkg"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -e "$target" ]; then
+  echo "error: $target does not exist." 1>&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+case "$target" in
+  *.pkg) kind=pkg ;;
+  *) kind=binary ;;
+esac
+
 echo "Notarization process is done with Notarytool."
 
 if ! command -v xcrun notarytool > /dev/null
@@ -34,20 +64,6 @@ then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-echo "Submitting node-$pkgid.pkg for notarization..."
-
-xcrun notarytool submit \
-  --keychain-profile "NODE_RELEASE_PROFILE" \
-  --wait \
-  "node-$pkgid.pkg"
-
-if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-  echo "Notarization node-$pkgid.pkg submitted successfully."
-else
-  echo "Notarization node-$pkgid.pkg failed."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 # The notarization ticket can take a while to become available from Apple's
 # servers after notarytool reports "Accepted", so retry with backoff.
 retry() {
@@ -64,15 +80,62 @@ retry() {
   done
 }
 
-if ! retry xcrun spctl --assess --type install --context context:primary-signature --ignore-cache --verbose=2 "node-$pkgid.pkg"; then
-  echo "error: Signature will not be accepted by Gatekeeper!" 1>&2
-  exit 1
+submit() {
+  echo "Submitting $1 for notarization..."
+  if xcrun notarytool submit \
+    --keychain-profile "NODE_RELEASE_PROFILE" \
+    --wait \
+    "$1"; then
+    echo "Notarization $1 submitted successfully."
+  else
+    echo "Notarization $1 failed."
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+if [ "$kind" = "pkg" ]; then
+  submit "$target" || exit 1
+
+  if ! retry xcrun spctl --assess --type install --context context:primary-signature --ignore-cache --verbose=2 "$target"; then
+    echo "error: Signature will not be accepted by Gatekeeper!" 1>&2
+    exit 1
+  else
+    echo "Verification was successful."
+  fi
+
+  if ! retry xcrun stapler staple "$target"; then
+    echo "error: Stapling $target failed." 1>&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  echo "Stapler was successful."
 else
-  echo "Verification was successful."
-fi
+  # ditto preserves the code signature and resource forks, which plain zip
+  # does not, so it is the archiver Apple documents for notarization uploads.
+  # The zip only exists for the upload. Remove it on every exit path,
+  # including a failed ditto or an interrupted build, the same way the
+  # dep_updaters scripts clean their workspace.
+  zip="$target.notarize.zip"
+  cleanup () {
+    EXIT_CODE=$?
+    rm -f "$zip"
+    exit $EXIT_CODE
+  }
+  trap cleanup INT TERM EXIT
+  rm -f "$zip"
+  if ! ditto -c -k --keepParent "$target" "$zip"; then
+    echo "error: Could not create $zip for submission." 1>&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
 
-if ! retry xcrun stapler staple "node-$pkgid.pkg"; then
-  echo "error: Stapling node-$pkgid.pkg failed." 1>&2
-  exit 1
+  submit "$zip" || exit 1
+  rm -f "$zip"
+
+  # There is nothing to staple to a bare binary, so the only way to confirm
+  # the ticket is live is to have codesign look it up. spctl cannot be used
+  # here: it rejects command line tools with "does not seem to be an app".
+  if ! retry codesign --verify --verbose=2 -R=notarized "$target"; then
+    echo "error: $target will not be accepted by Gatekeeper!" 1>&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  echo "Verification was successful."
 fi
-echo "Stapler was successful."
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