diff --git a/.changes/fix-ios-template.md b/.changes/fix-ios-template.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f37cfba39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/fix-ios-template.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"cli.rs": patch
+"cli.js": patch
+---
+
+Fixes the iOS project script to build the Rust library.
diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/init.rs b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/init.rs
index adc961b2f..16d45945a 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/init.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/init.rs
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ pub fn exec(
     );
   }
 
+  map.insert("tauri-binary", binary.to_string_lossy());
   map.insert("tauri-binary-args", &build_args);
   map.insert("tauri-binary-args-str", build_args.join(" "));