diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yaml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yaml
index f92d32e..f41f372 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yaml
@@ -30,12 +30,23 @@ jobs:
         pip install tox
 
     - name: Setup network interfaces
+      if: ${{ startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu') }}
       run: |
+        set -x
         sudo ip link add type veth
-        sudo ip link set dev veth0 address 02:00:00:00:00:00
-        sudo ip link set dev veth1 address 02:00:00:00:00:01
-        sudo ip link set up dev veth0
-        sudo ip link set up dev veth1
+        sudo ip link set dev veth0 address 02:00:00:00:00:00 name feth0
+        sudo ip link set dev veth1 address 02:00:00:00:00:01 name feth1
+        sudo ip link set up dev feth0
+        sudo ip link set up dev feth1
+
+    - name: Setup network interfaces
+      if: ${{ startsWith(matrix.os, 'macos') }}
+      run: |
+        set -x
+        sudo ifconfig feth0 create
+        sudo ifconfig feth0 peer feth1
+        sudo ifconfig feth0 lladdr 02:00:00:00:00:00 up
+        sudo ifconfig feth1 lladdr 02:00:00:00:00:01 up
 
     - name: Run tests, flake8 and mypy
       run: |
diff --git a/tests/test_sd.py b/tests/test_sd.py
index 7f218ba..0944498 100644
--- a/tests/test_sd.py
+++ b/tests/test_sd.py
@@ -2377,19 +2377,19 @@ class TestMulticastEndpointsV6(
     required setup on Linux:
 
         ip link add type veth
-        ip link set dev veth0 address 02:00:00:00:00:00
-        ip link set dev veth1 address 02:00:00:00:00:01
-        ip link set up dev veth0
-        ip link set up dev veth1
+        ip link set dev veth0 address 02:00:00:00:00:00 name feth0
+        ip link set dev veth1 address 02:00:00:00:00:01 name feth1
+        ip link set up dev feth0
+        ip link set up dev feth1
     """
 
-    bind_lo_addr = "fe80::ff:fe00:0%veth0"
-    sender_lo_addr = "fe80::ff:fe00:1%veth0"
-    send_addr = "fe80::ff:fe00:0%veth1"
-    bind_mc_addr = "ff02::dead:beef%veth0"
-    send_mc_addr = "ff02::dead:beef%veth1"
-    bind_interface = "veth0"
-    send_interface = "veth1"
+    bind_lo_addr = "fe80::ff:fe00:0%feth0"
+    sender_lo_addr = "fe80::ff:fe00:1%feth0"
+    send_addr = "fe80::ff:fe00:0%feth1"
+    bind_mc_addr = "ff02::dead:beef%feth0"
+    send_mc_addr = "ff02::dead:beef%feth1"
+    bind_interface = "feth0"
+    send_interface = "feth1"
     AF = socket.AF_INET6
 
     def setUp(self):
@@ -2397,7 +2397,7 @@ def setUp(self):
             socket.if_nametoindex(self.bind_interface)
             socket.if_nametoindex(self.send_interface)
         except OSError as exc:
-            raise unittest.SkipTest("test interfaces veth0 / veth1 not up") from exc
+            raise unittest.SkipTest("test interfaces feth0 / feth1 not up") from exc
 
     def _mc_sockopts(self, sock: socket.socket) -> None:
         ifindex = socket.if_nametoindex(self.send_interface)