diff --git a/src/lime/tools/IOSHelper.hx b/src/lime/tools/IOSHelper.hx
index a8321a082a..b7c7edf4aa 100644
--- a/src/lime/tools/IOSHelper.hx
+++ b/src/lime/tools/IOSHelper.hx
@@ -359,21 +359,44 @@ class IOSHelper
 				applicationPath = workingDirectory + "/build/" + configuration + "-iphoneos/" + project.app.file + ".app";
 			}
 
-			var templatePaths = [
-				Path.combine(Haxelib.getPath(new Haxelib(#if lime "lime" #else "hxp" #end)), #if lime "templates" #else "" #end)
-			].concat(project.templatePaths);
-			var launcher = System.findTemplate(templatePaths, "bin/ios-deploy");
-			Sys.command("chmod", ["+x", launcher]);
-
-			// var xcodeVersion = getXcodeVersion ();
-
-			System.runCommand("", launcher, [
-				"install",
-				"--noninteractive",
-				"--debug",
-				"--bundle",
-				FileSystem.fullPath(applicationPath)
-			]);
+			var xcodeVersion = Std.parseFloat(getXcodeVersion());
+			if (!Math.isNaN(xcodeVersion) && xcodeVersion >= 16) {
+				// ios-deploy doesn't work with newer iOS SDKs where it can't
+				// find DeveloperDiskImage.dmg. however, Xcode 16 adds new
+				// commands for installing and launching apps on connected
+				// devices, so we'll prefer those, if available.
+				var listDevicesOutput = System.runProcess("", "xcrun", ["devicectl", "list", "devices", "--hide-default-columns", "--columns", "Identifier", "--filter", "Platform == 'iOS' AND State == 'connected'"]);
+				var deviceUUID:String = null;
+				var ready = false;
+				for (line in listDevicesOutput.split("\n")) {
+					if (!ready) {
+						ready = StringTools.startsWith(line, "----");
+						continue;
+					}
+					deviceUUID = line;
+					break;
+				}
+				if (deviceUUID == null || deviceUUID.length == 0) {
+					Log.error("No device connected");
+					return;
+				}
+				System.runCommand("", "xcrun", ["devicectl", "device", "install", "app", "--device", deviceUUID, FileSystem.fullPath(applicationPath)]);
+				System.runCommand("", "xcrun", ["devicectl", "device", "process", "launch", "--console", "--device", deviceUUID, project.meta.packageName]);
+			} else {
+				var templatePaths = [
+					Path.combine(Haxelib.getPath(new Haxelib(#if lime "lime" #else "hxp" #end)), #if lime "templates" #else "" #end)
+				].concat(project.templatePaths);
+				var launcher = System.findTemplate(templatePaths, "bin/ios-deploy");
+				Sys.command("chmod", ["+x", launcher]);
+
+				System.runCommand("", launcher, [
+					"install",
+					"--noninteractive",
+					"--debug",
+					"--bundle",
+					FileSystem.fullPath(applicationPath)
+				]);
+			}
 		}
 	}