diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/default.nix
index 6019c20dd40..849c9ef03b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/default.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ let
       file_cmds     = "264.1.1";
       shell_cmds    = "187";
       system_cmds   = "550.6";
+      diskdev_cmds   = "593";
     };
     "osx-10.11.5" = {
       Libc          = "1082.50.1"; # 10.11.6 still unreleased :/
@@ -243,6 +244,7 @@ let
     adv_cmds        = applePackage "adv_cmds/xcode.nix" "osx-10.11.6"    "12gbv35i09aij9g90p6b3x2f3ramw43qcb2gjrg8lzkzmwvcyw9q" {};
     basic_cmds      = applePackage "basic_cmds"        "osx-10.11.6"     "0hvab4b1v5q2x134hdkal0rmz5gsdqyki1vb0dbw4py1bqf0yaw9" {};
     developer_cmds  = applePackage "developer_cmds"    "osx-10.11.6"     "1r9c2b6dcl22diqf90x58psvz797d3lxh4r2wppr7lldgbgn24di" {};
+    diskdev_cmds    = applePackage "diskdev_cmds"      "osx-10.11.6"     "1ssdyiaq5m1zfy96yy38yyknp682ki6bvabdqd5z18fa0rv3m2ar" {};
     network_cmds    = applePackage "network_cmds"      "osx-10.11.6"     "0lhi9wz84qr1r2ab3fb4nvmdg9gxn817n5ldg7zw9gnf3wwn42kw" {};
     file_cmds       = applePackage "file_cmds"         "osx-10.11.6"     "1zfxbmasps529pnfdjvc13p7ws2cfx8pidkplypkswyff0nff4wp" {};
     shell_cmds      = applePackage "shell_cmds"        "osx-10.11.6"     "0084k271v66h4jqp7q7rmjvv7w4mvhx3aq860qs8jbd30canm86n" {};
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/diskdev_cmds/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/diskdev_cmds/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aba2472af60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/diskdev_cmds/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, appleDerivation, xcbuild, lib, hostPlatform, Libc, xnu, libutil-new }:
+
+appleDerivation {
+  buildInputs = [ xcbuild libutil-new ];
+
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I.";
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lutil";
+  patchPhase = ''
+    # ugly hacks for missing headers
+    # most are bsd related - probably should make this a drv
+    unpackFile ${Libc.src}
+    unpackFile ${xnu.src}
+    mkdir System sys machine i386
+    cp xnu-*/bsd/sys/disklabel.h sys
+    cp xnu-*/bsd/machine/disklabel.h machine
+    cp xnu-*/bsd/i386/disklabel.h i386
+    cp -r xnu-*/bsd/sys System
+    cp -r Libc-*/uuid System
+  '';
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -D Products/Release/libdisk.a $out/lib/libdisk.a
+    rm Products/Release/libdisk.a
+    for bin in Products/Release/*; do
+      install -D $bin $out/bin/$(basename $bin)
+    done
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.darwin;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ matthewbauer ];
+  };
+}