diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/plistwatch/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/plistwatch/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..852c9c23aa9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/plistwatch/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib
+, buildGoModule
+, fetchFromGitHub
+}:
+
+buildGoModule rec {
+  pname = "plistwatch";
+  version = "unstable-2020-12-22";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "catilac";
+    repo = "plistwatch";
+    rev = "c3a9afd8d3e5ffa8dcc379770bc4216bae88a671";
+    sha256 = "0a5rfmpy6h06p02z9gdilh7vr3h9cc6n6zzygpjk6zvnqs3mm3vx";
+  };
+
+  vendorSha256 = "sha256-Layg1axFN86OFgxEyNFtIlm6Jtx317jZb/KH6IjJ8e4=";
+
+  #add missing dependencies and hashes
+  patches = [ ./go-modules.patch ];
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Monitors and prints changes to MacOS plists in real time";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/catilac/plistwatch";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ gdinh ];
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.darwin;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/plistwatch/go-modules.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/plistwatch/go-modules.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..94d7cc01e24e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/plistwatch/go-modules.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--- a/go.mod
++++ b/go.mod
+@@ -3,1 +3,6 @@
+  go 1.14
++ require(
++   github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.5.0
++   howett.net/plist v0.0.0-20200419221736-3b63eb3a43b5
++   gopkg.in/yaml.v1 v1.0.0-20140924161607-9f9df34309c0 // indirect
++ )
+--- a/go.sum
++++ b/go.sum
+@@ -9,1 +9,7 @@
+  howett.net/plist v0.0.0-20200419221736-3b63eb3a43b5/go.mod h1:vMygbs4qMhSZSc4lCUl2OEE+rDiIIJAIdR4m7MiMcm0=
++ gopkg.in/yaml.v1 v1.0.0-20140924161607-9f9df34309c0 h1:POO/ycCATvegFmVuPpQzZFJ+pGZeX22Ufu6fibxDVjU=
++ gopkg.in/yaml.v1 v1.0.0-20140924161607-9f9df34309c0/go.mod h1:WDnlLJ4WF5VGsH/HVa3CI79GS0ol3YnhVnKP89i0kNg=
++ github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.5.0 h1:1jKYvbxEjfUl0fmqTCOfonvskHHXMjBySTLW4y9LFvc=
++ github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.5.0/go.mod h1:Fw0T6WPc1dYxT4mKEZRfG5kJhaTDP9pj1c2EWnYs/m4=
++ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210320140829-1e4c9ba3b0c4 h1:EZ2mChiOa8udjfp6rRmswTbtZN/QzUQp4ptM4rnjHvc=
++ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210320140829-1e4c9ba3b0c4/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f977815de55f..f6ee2814f487 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -25465,6 +25465,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   osxsnarf = callPackage ../os-specific/darwin/osxsnarf { };
 
+  plistwatch = callPackage ../os-specific/darwin/plistwatch { };
+
   power-calibrate = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/power-calibrate { };
 
   powercap = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/powercap { };