diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ma/macos-defaults/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ma/macos-defaults/package.nix
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+{
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  rustPlatform,
+  nix-update-script,
+}:
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "macos-defaults";
+  version = "0.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "dsully";
+    repo = "macos-defaults";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-dSZjMuw7ott0dgiYo0rqekEvScmrX6iG7xHaPAgo1/E=";
+  };
+
+  useFetchCargoVendor = true;
+  cargoHash = "sha256-xSg6WAkFPS8B1G4WqMW77egCMmOEo3rK2EKcrDYaBjA=";
+
+  checkFlags = [
+    # accesses home dir
+    "--skip=defaults::tests::plist_path_tests"
+    # accesses system_profiler
+    "--skip=defaults::tests::test_get_hardware_uuid"
+  ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Tool for managing macOS defaults declaratively via YAML files";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/dsully/macos-defaults";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ josh ];
+    mainProgram = "macos-defaults";
+    platforms = lib.platforms.darwin;
+  };
+})