diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/lipo/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/lipo/builder.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..aea54429677
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/lipo/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+mkdir -p "$out/bin"
+ln -s /usr/bin/lipo "$out/bin/"
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/lipo/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/lipo/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a4f7cfc1e54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/lipo/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{stdenv}:
+
+assert stdenv.isDarwin;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "darwin-lipo-utility";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5d83b03a129..1d2d4189c84 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5826,6 +5826,10 @@ let
     inherit stdenv;
   };
 
+  darwinLipoUtility = import ../os-specific/darwin/lipo {
+    inherit stdenv;
+  };
+
   devicemapper = lvm2;
 
   dmidecode = import ../os-specific/linux/dmidecode {