diff --git a/packages/firebase_app_check/firebase_app_check/example/integration_test/e2e_test.dart b/packages/firebase_app_check/firebase_app_check/example/integration_test/e2e_test.dart
index 9af6341c8823..db9f90b0508f 100644
--- a/packages/firebase_app_check/firebase_app_check/example/integration_test/e2e_test.dart
+++ b/packages/firebase_app_check/firebase_app_check/example/integration_test/e2e_test.dart
@@ -140,6 +140,38 @@ void main() {
         skip: defaultTargetPlatform != TargetPlatform.iOS,
       );
 
+      test(
+        'appAttestWithDeviceCheckFallback falls back rather than erroring',
+        () async {
+          await FirebaseAppCheck.instance.activate(
+            providerApple:
+                const AppleAppAttestWithDeviceCheckFallbackProvider(),
+          );
+
+          // On devices without App Attest support — most Macs, and every
+          // simulator — the provider has to fall back to DeviceCheck. It used
+          // to pick App Attest purely on OS version and fail with "The
+          // attestation provider AppAttestProvider is not supported on current
+          // platform and OS version", so App Attest must not be the provider
+          // named in any error. Fetching a token can still fail beyond that
+          // (simulators do not support DeviceCheck either, and there is no
+          // debug token configured), which is fine here.
+          try {
+            await FirebaseAppCheck.instance.getToken(true);
+          } on FirebaseException catch (e) {
+            expect(
+              '${e.message}',
+              isNot(contains('AppAttestProvider')),
+              reason: 'the DeviceCheck fallback did not engage',
+            );
+          }
+        },
+        skip: defaultTargetPlatform != TargetPlatform.macOS &&
+                defaultTargetPlatform != TargetPlatform.iOS
+            ? 'Apple platforms only.'
+            : null,
+      );
+
       test(
         'uses Apple debug token when both Android and Apple debug tokens are configured',
         () async {
diff --git a/packages/firebase_app_check/firebase_app_check/ios/firebase_app_check/Sources/firebase_app_check/FirebaseAppCheckPlugin.swift b/packages/firebase_app_check/firebase_app_check/ios/firebase_app_check/Sources/firebase_app_check/FirebaseAppCheckPlugin.swift
index 7c7cb4514293..9b702d03aef0 100644
--- a/packages/firebase_app_check/firebase_app_check/ios/firebase_app_check/Sources/firebase_app_check/FirebaseAppCheckPlugin.swift
+++ b/packages/firebase_app_check/firebase_app_check/ios/firebase_app_check/Sources/firebase_app_check/FirebaseAppCheckPlugin.swift
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
+import DeviceCheck
 import FirebaseAppCheck
 import FirebaseCore
 
@@ -371,11 +372,16 @@ class AppCheckProviderWrapper: NSObject, AppCheckProvider {
         delegateProvider = AppCheckDebugProvider(app: app)
       }
     case "appAttestWithDeviceCheckFallback":
-      if #available(iOS 14.0, macOS 14.0, *) {
-        delegateProvider = AppAttestProvider(app: app)
-      } else {
-        delegateProvider = DeviceCheckProvider(app: app)
+      // A new enough OS is not sufficient: the device must also support App
+      // Attest, which is often false on macOS. The SDK only reports that when a
+      // token is first requested, so check the same capability it checks —
+      // otherwise this provider never actually falls back. Typed as the
+      // protocol to keep the availability-annotated type inside `#available`.
+      var appAttestProvider: (any AppCheckProvider)?
+      if #available(iOS 14.0, macOS 14.0, *), DCAppAttestService.shared.isSupported {
+        appAttestProvider = AppAttestProvider(app: app)
       }
+      delegateProvider = appAttestProvider ?? DeviceCheckProvider(app: app)
     case "recaptcha":
       #if os(iOS)
         if let recaptchaSiteKey {