diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-test.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-test.yml
index a99b8adae..3b2b3cf37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-test.yml
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@ jobs:
           # These are dependencies of gmsh
           sudo apt-get install -y libglu1 libgl1 libxrender1 libxcursor1 libxft2 \
             libxinerama1 libgomp1
-          # This one is required by eccodes
-          sudo apt-get install -y libeccodes0
 
       - name: Install brew dependencies
         if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'macos')
@@ -125,7 +123,8 @@ jobs:
           brew install libdiscid
           # Install lsl library for pylsl
           brew install labstreaminglayer/tap/lsl
-          # This one is required by eccodes
+          # This one is required by eccodes (binary wheels with bundled eccodes
+          # library are provided only for macOS 13+).
           brew install eccodes
 
       - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib/rthooks.dat b/_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib/rthooks.dat
index 538e94909..f868f56f7 100644
--- a/_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib/rthooks.dat
+++ b/_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib/rthooks.dat
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
     'cryptography': ['pyi_rth_cryptography_openssl.py'],
     'enchant': ['pyi_rth_enchant.py'],
+    'findlibs': ['pyi_rth_findlibs.py'],
     'ffpyplayer': ['pyi_rth_ffpyplayer.py'],
     'osgeo': ['pyi_rth_osgeo.py'],
     'traitlets': ['pyi_rth_traitlets.py'],
diff --git a/_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib/rthooks/pyi_rth_findlibs.py b/_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib/rthooks/pyi_rth_findlibs.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43d3db11d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib/rthooks/pyi_rth_findlibs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) 2024, PyInstaller Development Team.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#
+# The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Override the findlibs.find() function to give precedence to sys._MEIPASS, followed by `ctypes.util.find_library`,
+# and only then the hard-coded paths from the original implementation. The main aim here is to avoid loading libraries
+# from Homebrew environment on macOS when it happens to be present at run-time and we have a bundled copy collected from
+# the build system. This happens because we (try not to) modify `DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH`, and the original `findlibs.find()`
+# implementation gives precedence to environment variables and several fixed/hard-coded locations, and uses
+# `ctypes.util.find_library` as the final fallback...
+def _pyi_rthook():
+    import sys
+    import os
+    import ctypes.util
+
+    import findlibs
+
+    _orig_find = getattr(findlibs, 'find', None)
+
+    def _pyi_find(lib_name, pkg_name=None):
+        pkg_name = pkg_name or lib_name
+        extension = findlibs.EXTENSIONS.get(sys.platform, ".so")
+
+        # First check sys._MEIPASS
+        fullname = os.path.join(sys._MEIPASS, "lib{}{}".format(lib_name, extension))
+        if os.path.isfile(fullname):
+            return fullname
+
+        # Fall back to `ctypes.util.find_library` (to give it precedence over hard-coded paths from original
+        # implementation).
+        lib = ctypes.util.find_library(lib_name)
+        if lib is not None:
+            return lib
+
+        # Finally, fall back to original implementation
+        if _orig_find is not None:
+            return _orig_find(lib_name, pkg_name)
+
+        return None
+
+    findlibs.find = _pyi_find
+
+
+_pyi_rthook()
+del _pyi_rthook
diff --git a/_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib/stdhooks/hook-gribapi.py b/_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib/stdhooks/hook-gribapi.py
index c1ad320d1..45d3f0ae2 100644
--- a/_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib/stdhooks/hook-gribapi.py
+++ b/_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib/stdhooks/hook-gribapi.py
@@ -11,16 +11,39 @@
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 import os
+import pathlib
 
-from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import collect_data_files, get_module_attribute, logger
+from PyInstaller import isolated
+from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import collect_data_files, logger
 
 # Collect the headers (eccodes.h, gribapi.h) that are bundled with the package.
 datas = collect_data_files('gribapi')
 
-# Collect the eccodes shared library
+# Collect the eccodes shared library. Starting with eccodes 2.37.0, binary wheels with bundled shared library are
+# provided for linux and macOS.
+
+
+# NOTE: custom isolated function is used here instead of `get_module_attribute('gribapi.bindings', 'library_path')`
+# hook utility function because with eccodes 2.37.0, `eccodes` needs to be imported before `gribapi` to avoid circular
+# imports... Also, this way, we can obtain the root directory of eccodes package at the same time.
+@isolated.decorate
+def get_eccodes_library_path():
+    import eccodes
+    import gribapi.bindings
+
+    return (
+        # Path to eccodes shared library used by the gribapi bindings.
+        str(gribapi.bindings.library_path),
+        # Path to eccodes package (implicitly assumed to be next to the gribapi package, since they are part of the
+        # same eccodes dist).
+        str(eccodes.__path__[0]),
+    )
+
+
 binaries = []
+
 try:
-    library_path = get_module_attribute('gribapi.bindings', 'library_path')
+    library_path, package_path = get_eccodes_library_path()
 except Exception:
     logger.warning("hook-gribapi: failed to query gribapi.bindings.library_path!", exc_info=True)
     library_path = None
@@ -38,5 +61,23 @@
     logger.warning("hook-gribapi: could not determine path to eccodes shared library!")
 
 if library_path:
-    logger.debug("hook-gribapi: collecting eccodes shared library: %r", library_path)
-    binaries.append((library_path, '.'))
+    # If we are collecting eccodes shared library that is bundled with eccodes >= 2.37.0 binary wheel, attempt to
+    # preserve its parent directory layout. This ensures that the library is found at run-time, but implicitly requires
+    # PyInstaller 6.x, whose binary dependency analysis (that might also pick up this shared library) also preserves the
+    # parent directory layout of discovered shared libraries. With PyInstaller 5.x, this will result in duplication
+    # because binary dependency analysis collects into top-level application directory, but that copy will not be
+    # discovered at run-time, so duplication is unavoidable.
+    library_parent_path = pathlib.PurePath(library_path).parent
+    package_parent_path = pathlib.PurePath(package_path).parent
+
+    if package_parent_path in library_parent_path.parents:
+        # Should end up being `eccodes.libs` on Linux, and `eccodes/.dylib` on macOS).
+        dest_dir = str(library_parent_path.relative_to(package_parent_path))
+    else:
+        # External copy; collect into top-level application directory.
+        dest_dir = '.'
+
+    logger.info(
+        "hook-gribapi: collecting eccodes shared library %r to destination directory %r", library_path, dest_dir
+    )
+    binaries.append((library_path, dest_dir))
diff --git a/news/799.new.rst b/news/799.new.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..73fd3b0df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/799.new.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Add run-time hook for ``findlibs`` that overrides the ``findlibs.find``
+function with custom implementation in order to ensure that the top-level
+application directory is searched first. This prevents a system-wide
+copy of the library being found and loaded instead of the bundled copy
+when the system-wide copy happens to be available in one of fixed
+locations that is scanned by the original implementation of ``findlibs.find``
+(for example, Homebrew directory on macOS).
diff --git a/news/799.update.rst b/news/799.update.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78cdfd25a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/799.update.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Update ``gribapi`` hook for compatibility with ``eccodes`` v2.37.0,
+to account for possibility of bundles ``eccodes`` shared library, which
+is provided by newly-introduced binary wheels for Linux and macOS 13+.
diff --git a/requirements-test-libraries.txt b/requirements-test-libraries.txt
index 2606c03f5..e8f50ff69 100644
--- a/requirements-test-libraries.txt
+++ b/requirements-test-libraries.txt
@@ -226,7 +226,8 @@ pysaml2==7.3.0; python_version < '3.9'
 # ------------------- Platform (OS) specifics
 
 # eccodes package requires the eccodes shared library provided by the environment (linux distribution, homebrew, or Anaconda).
-eccodes==1.7.1; sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'
+# Starting with v2.37.0, binary wheels with bundled shared library are provided for linux and macOS 13+.
+eccodes==2.37.0; sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'
 
 # dbus-fast has pre-built wheels only for Linux; and D-Bus is available only there, anyway.
 dbus-fast==2.24.2; sys_platform == 'linux'
diff --git a/tests/test_libraries.py b/tests/test_libraries.py
index ff01beb23..3233a986e 100644
--- a/tests/test_libraries.py
+++ b/tests/test_libraries.py
@@ -2034,11 +2034,15 @@ def test_schwifty(pyi_builder):
     """)
 
 
-@importorskip('gribapi')
+@importorskip('eccodes')
 def test_eccodes_gribapi(pyi_builder):
     pyi_builder.test_source("""
         import sys
         import os
+        import pathlib
+
+        # With eccodes 2.37.0, eccodes needs to be imported before gribapi to avoid circular imports.
+        import eccodes
 
         # Basic import test
         import gribapi
@@ -2046,12 +2050,31 @@ def test_eccodes_gribapi(pyi_builder):
         # Ensure that the eccodes shared library is bundled with the frozen application.
         import gribapi.bindings
 
-        lib_filename = os.path.join(
-            sys._MEIPASS,
-            os.path.basename(gribapi.bindings.library_path),
-        )
+        print(f"gribapi.bindings.library_path={gribapi.bindings.library_path}")
 
-        assert os.path.isfile(lib_filename), f"Shared library {lib_filename!s} not found!"
+        library_path = gribapi.bindings.library_path
+        if os.path.basename(library_path) == library_path:
+            # Only library basename is given - assume this is a system-wide copy that was collected
+            # into top-level application directory and loaded via `findlibs.find()`/`ctypes`.
+            expected_library_file = os.path.join(
+                sys._MEIPASS,
+                library_path,
+            )
+            if not os.path.isfile(expected_library_file):
+                raise RuntimeError(f"Shared library {expected_library_file!s} not found!")
+        else:
+            # Absolute path; check that it is rooted in top-level application directory. This covers all valid locations
+            # as per https://github.com/ecmwf/eccodes-python/blob/2.37.0/gribapi/bindings.py#L61-L64,
+            #  - sys._MEIPASS/eccodes
+            #  - sys._MEIPASS/eccodes.libs
+            #  - sys._MEIPASS/eccodes/.dylibs
+            # as well as sys._MEIPASS itself (in case system-wide copy was collected into top-level application
+            # directory but is reported with full path instead of just basename due to our override of `findlibs.find()`
+            # via run-time hook).
+            if pathlib.PurePath(sys._MEIPASS) not in pathlib.PurePath(library_path).parents:
+                raise RuntimeError(
+                    f"Shared library path {library_path} is not rooted in top-level application directory!"
+                )
     """)