diff --git a/.azure/azure-pipelines-mac.yml b/.azure/azure-pipelines-mac.yml
index 5665acef..70b53c10 100644
--- a/.azure/azure-pipelines-mac.yml
+++ b/.azure/azure-pipelines-mac.yml
@@ -13,8 +13,14 @@ trigger:
       - '.cirrus.yml'
       - 'README.md'
 
+parameters:
+- name: UseCache
+  displayName: Use Dependency Cache
+  type: boolean
+  default: true
+
 jobs:
-- job: macOS
+- job: macOS_brew
   strategy:
     matrix:
       UnixLibs:
@@ -26,6 +32,9 @@ jobs:
       11_0:
         imageName: 'macos-11'
         CMakeFlags: ''
+      12_0:
+        imageName: 'macos-12'
+        CMakeFlags: ''
 
   pool:
     vmImage: $(imageName)
@@ -67,3 +76,123 @@ jobs:
         cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory) ..
         make install
       displayName: 'Install fluidsynth to artifact dir'
+
+
+- job: macOS_ports
+  timeoutInMinutes: 300
+  strategy:
+    matrix:
+      # SDL2/SDL_cpuinfo.h includes some x86 specific headers, which ofc doesn't work when cross compiling for arm64
+      # And this universal build thingy doesn't work on Mac10.15 for some reason...
+      # Furthermore, there is a problem when restoring the cache on Mac11, so disable this job as well
+      #11_0_universal_unixlibs:
+      #  macPortsUrl: 'https://github.com/macports/macports-base/releases/download/v2.7.2/MacPorts-2.7.2-11-BigSur.pkg'
+      #  imageName: 'macos-11'
+      #  CMakeFlags: '-Denable-sdl2=0 -DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES="arm64;x86_64" -Denable-framework=0 -DLIB_SUFFIX=""'
+      12_0_universal_unixlibs:
+        macPortsUrl: 'https://github.com/macports/macports-base/releases/download/v2.7.2/MacPorts-2.7.2-12-Monterey.pkg'
+        imageName: 'macos-12'
+        CMakeFlags: '-Denable-sdl2=0 -DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES="arm64;x86_64" -Denable-framework=0 -DLIB_SUFFIX=""'
+  pool:
+    vmImage: $(imageName)
+  steps:
+    - script: |
+        set -ex
+        brew install wget pkg-config
+        wget $(macPortsUrl)
+        sudo installer -pkg *.pkg -target /
+        rm -f *.pkg
+        sudo chown -R $(id -u):$(id -g) /opt/local
+        sudo chflags nouchg /opt/local
+      displayName: 'Prerequisites'
+      workingDirectory: $(Agent.TempDirectory)
+    - task: Cache@2
+      continueOnError: true
+      displayName: "Cache macPort packages"
+      condition: and(not(in(variables['Build.Reason'], 'Schedule')), ${{ parameters.useCache }})
+      inputs:
+        key: '"$(Agent.OS)" | "$(imageName)" | "$(macPortsUrl)" | "versionalways"'
+        path: '/opt/local'
+        cacheHitVar: CACHE_RESTORED
+    - script: |
+        set -x
+        export PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin
+        echo $PATH
+        which codesign
+        codesign --help
+        which port
+        echo "+universal" | sudo tee -a /opt/local/etc/macports/variants.conf
+        
+        sudo sh -c 'cat << EOF >> /opt/local/etc/macports/macports.conf
+        buildfromsource     	always
+        universal_archs     	arm64 x86_64
+        ui_interactive     		no
+        EOF'
+        
+        sudo port deps glib2-devel
+        sudo port deps libsndfile
+        sudo port deps dbus-glib
+        sudo port deps libomp-devel
+        sudo port install glib2-devel libsndfile dbus-glib libomp-devel
+        # remove all extended attributes, as they cannot be restored when restoring the pipeline cache
+        sudo xattr -rcv /opt/local
+        # fixup permissions to allow non-priv pipeline user access every directory, to make the caching step succeed at the end
+        sudo chown -R $(id -u):$(id -g) /opt/local
+      displayName: 'Port install universal'
+      condition: and(succeeded(), ne(variables.CACHE_RESTORED, 'true'))
+    - script: |
+        set -ex
+        export PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin
+        export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/opt/local/lib/pkgconfig"
+        mkdir build && cd build
+        cmake -Werror=dev $(CMakeFlags) -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=1 -DNO_GUI=1 ..
+        make -j3
+      displayName: 'Compile fluidsynth'
+    - script: |
+        export PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin
+        sudo port -v install fluidsynth +universal
+      displayName: 'port install fluidsynth +universal'
+      condition: failed()
+    - script: |
+        cat /opt/local/var/macports/logs/*_fluidsynth/fluidsynth/main.log
+      condition: failed()
+      displayName: 'Print fluidsynth error log'
+    - script: |
+        set -ex
+        cd build
+        make -j3 check
+      displayName: 'Execute Unittests'
+    - script: |
+        set -ex
+        cd build
+        make -j3 demo
+      displayName: 'Compile demos'
+    - script: |
+        set -ex
+        cd build
+        sudo make install
+        rm -f install_manifest.txt
+      displayName: 'Install fluidsynth to default location'
+    - script: |
+        set -ex
+        cd build
+        cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory) ..
+        make install
+        cd /opt/local/lib/
+        cp -a libgthread*.dylib libglib*.dylib libintl*.dylib libsndfile*.dylib libdbus-*.dylib libreadline*.dylib $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/lib
+        file /opt/local/lib/libglib-2.0.dylib $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/bin/fluidsynth $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/lib/libfluidsynth*.dylib
+      displayName: 'Install fluidsynth to artifact dir'
+    - task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1
+      displayName: 'Publish fluidsynth artifacts'
+      inputs:
+        PathtoPublish: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'
+        ArtifactName: 'fluidsynth-$(imageName)'
+        publishLocation: 'Container'
+    - task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1
+      displayName: 'Publish macPorts deps'
+      enabled: false
+      condition: and(succeeded(), ne(variables.CACHE_RESTORED, 'true'))
+      inputs:
+        PathtoPublish: '/opt/local/lib'
+        ArtifactName: 'macports-$(imageName)'
+        publishLocation: 'Container'