diff --git a/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Avalonia.iOS.csproj b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Avalonia.iOS.csproj
index 49a122b8e12..eb4938c13ff 100644
--- a/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Avalonia.iOS.csproj
+++ b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Avalonia.iOS.csproj
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     <TargetFramework>net7.0-ios16.0</TargetFramework>
     <SupportedOSPlatformVersion>13.0</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
     <MSBuildEnableWorkloadResolver>true</MSBuildEnableWorkloadResolver>
+    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Avalonia.Base\Avalonia.Base.csproj" />
diff --git a/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/DispatcherImpl.cs b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/DispatcherImpl.cs
index 8b3c747b5a1..9933126133e 100644
--- a/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/DispatcherImpl.cs
+++ b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/DispatcherImpl.cs
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Threading;
 using Avalonia.Threading;
 using CoreFoundation;
 using Foundation;
-using ObjCRuntime;
-using CFIndex = System.IntPtr;
 
 namespace Avalonia.iOS;
 
@@ -20,30 +19,28 @@ internal class DispatcherImpl : IDispatcherImplWithExplicitBackgroundProcessing
     internal static readonly DispatcherImpl Instance = new();
 
     private readonly Stopwatch _clock = Stopwatch.StartNew();
-    private readonly Action _checkSignaledAction;
-    private readonly Action _wakeUpLoopAction;
+    private readonly object _sync = new();
     private readonly IntPtr _timer;
+    private readonly IntPtr _mainLoop;
+    private readonly IntPtr _mainQueue;
     private Thread? _loopThread;
     private bool _backgroundProcessingRequested, _signaled;
 
-    private DispatcherImpl()
+    private unsafe DispatcherImpl()
     {
-        _checkSignaledAction = CheckSignaled;
-        _wakeUpLoopAction = () =>
-        {
-            // This is needed to wakeup the loop if we are called from inside of BeforeWait hook
-        };
+        _mainLoop = Interop.CFRunLoopGetMain();
+        _mainQueue = DispatchQueue.MainQueue.Handle.Handle;
 
         var observer = Interop.CFRunLoopObserverCreate(IntPtr.Zero,
             Interop.CFOptionFlags.kCFRunLoopAfterWaiting | Interop.CFOptionFlags.kCFRunLoopBeforeSources |
             Interop.CFOptionFlags.kCFRunLoopBeforeWaiting,
-            true, 0, ObserverCallback, IntPtr.Zero);
-        Interop.CFRunLoopAddObserver(Interop.CFRunLoopGetMain(), observer, Interop.kCFRunLoopCommonModes);
+            1, 0, &ObserverCallback, IntPtr.Zero);
+        Interop.CFRunLoopAddObserver(_mainLoop, observer, Interop.kCFRunLoopDefaultMode);
 
         _timer = Interop.CFRunLoopTimerCreate(IntPtr.Zero,
             Interop.CFAbsoluteTimeGetCurrent() + DistantFutureInterval,
-            DistantFutureInterval, 0, 0, TimerCallback, IntPtr.Zero);
-        Interop.CFRunLoopAddTimer(Interop.CFRunLoopGetMain(), _timer, Interop.kCFRunLoopCommonModes);
+            DistantFutureInterval, 0, 0, &TimerCallback, IntPtr.Zero);
+        Interop.CFRunLoopAddTimer(_mainLoop, _timer, Interop.kCFRunLoopDefaultMode);
     }
 
     public event Action? Signaled;
@@ -63,16 +60,16 @@ public bool CurrentThreadIsLoopThread
         }
     }
 
-    public void Signal()
+    public unsafe void Signal()
     {
-        lock (this)
+        lock (_sync)
         {
             if (_signaled)
                 return;
             _signaled = true;
 
-            DispatchQueue.MainQueue.DispatchAsync(_checkSignaledAction);
-            CFRunLoop.Main.WakeUp();
+            Interop.dispatch_async_f(_mainQueue, IntPtr.Zero, &CheckSignaled);
+            Interop.CFRunLoopWakeUp(_mainLoop);
         }
     }
 
@@ -86,18 +83,18 @@ public void UpdateTimer(long? dueTimeInMs)
 
     public long Now => _clock.ElapsedMilliseconds;
 
-    public void RequestBackgroundProcessing()
+    public unsafe void RequestBackgroundProcessing()
     {
         if (_backgroundProcessingRequested)
             return;
         _backgroundProcessingRequested = true;
-        DispatchQueue.MainQueue.DispatchAsync(_wakeUpLoopAction);
+        Interop.dispatch_async_f(_mainQueue, IntPtr.Zero, &WakeUpCallback);
     }
 
     private void CheckSignaled()
     {
         bool signaled;
-        lock (this)
+        lock (_sync)
         {
             signaled = _signaled;
             _signaled = false;
@@ -109,13 +106,25 @@ private void CheckSignaled()
         }
     }
 
-    [MonoPInvokeCallback(typeof(Interop.CFRunLoopObserverCallback))]
+    [UnmanagedCallersOnly]
+    private static void CheckSignaled(IntPtr context)
+    {
+        Instance.CheckSignaled();
+    }
+
+    [UnmanagedCallersOnly]
+    private static void WakeUpCallback(IntPtr context)
+    {
+        
+    }
+
+    [UnmanagedCallersOnly]
     private static void ObserverCallback(IntPtr observer, Interop.CFOptionFlags activity, IntPtr info)
     {
         if (activity == Interop.CFOptionFlags.kCFRunLoopBeforeWaiting)
         {
             bool triggerProcessing;
-            lock (Instance)
+            lock (Instance._sync)
             {
                 triggerProcessing = Instance._backgroundProcessingRequested;
                 Instance._backgroundProcessingRequested = false;
@@ -127,7 +136,7 @@ private static void ObserverCallback(IntPtr observer, Interop.CFOptionFlags acti
         Instance.CheckSignaled();
     }
 
-    [MonoPInvokeCallback(typeof(Interop.CFRunLoopTimerCallback))]
+    [UnmanagedCallersOnly]
     private static void TimerCallback(IntPtr timer, IntPtr info)
     {
         Instance.Timer?.Invoke();
diff --git a/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Interop.cs b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Interop.cs
index c0b3506936f..b05ddafc9ad 100644
--- a/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Interop.cs
+++ b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Interop.cs
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 
 namespace Avalonia.iOS;
 
-// TODO: use LibraryImport in NET7
-internal class Interop
+internal unsafe class Interop
 {
     internal const string CoreFoundationLibrary = "/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/CoreFoundation";
-    internal static NativeHandle kCFRunLoopCommonModes = CFString.CreateNative("kCFRunLoopCommonModes");
+    internal const string libcLibrary = "/usr/lib/libc.dylib";
+    internal static NativeHandle kCFRunLoopDefaultMode = CFString.CreateNative("kCFRunLoopDefaultMode");
 
     [Flags]
     internal enum CFOptionFlags : ulong
@@ -20,26 +20,29 @@ internal enum CFOptionFlags : ulong
         kCFRunLoopAfterWaiting = (1UL << 6),
         kCFRunLoopBeforeWaiting = (1UL << 5)
     }
-
-    [UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.StdCall)]
-    internal delegate void CFRunLoopObserverCallback(IntPtr observer, CFOptionFlags activity, IntPtr info);
-
-    [UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.StdCall)]
-    internal delegate void CFRunLoopTimerCallback(IntPtr timer, IntPtr info);
     
+    [DllImport(libcLibrary)]
+    internal static extern void dispatch_async_f(IntPtr queue, IntPtr context, delegate* unmanaged<IntPtr, void> dispatch);
+
     [DllImport(CoreFoundationLibrary)]
     internal static extern IntPtr CFRunLoopGetMain();
+    
+    [DllImport(CoreFoundationLibrary)]
+    internal static extern IntPtr CFRunLoopGetCurrent();
 
+    [DllImport (CoreFoundationLibrary)]
+    internal static extern void CFRunLoopWakeUp(IntPtr rl);
+    
     [DllImport(CoreFoundationLibrary)]
     internal static extern IntPtr CFRunLoopObserverCreate(IntPtr allocator, CFOptionFlags activities,
-        bool repeats, int index, CFRunLoopObserverCallback callout, IntPtr context);
+        int repeats, int index, delegate* unmanaged<IntPtr, CFOptionFlags, IntPtr, void> callout, IntPtr context);
 
     [DllImport(CoreFoundationLibrary)]
     internal static extern IntPtr CFRunLoopAddObserver(IntPtr loop, IntPtr observer, IntPtr mode);
 
     [DllImport(CoreFoundationLibrary)]
     internal static extern IntPtr CFRunLoopTimerCreate(IntPtr allocator, double firstDate, double interval,
-        CFOptionFlags flags, int order, CFRunLoopTimerCallback callout, IntPtr context);
+        CFOptionFlags flags, int order, delegate* unmanaged<IntPtr, IntPtr, void> callout, IntPtr context);
 
     [DllImport(CoreFoundationLibrary)]
     internal static extern void CFRunLoopTimerSetTolerance(IntPtr timer, double tolerance);