diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/google-cloud-sdk/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/google-cloud-sdk/default.nix
index dd8aada62fe8..acc440b34ed4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/google-cloud-sdk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/google-cloud-sdk/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 with python27Packages;
 
 # other systems not supported yet
-assert stdenv.system == "i686-linux" || stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux";
+assert stdenv.system == "i686-linux" || stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" || stdenv.system == "x86_64-darwin";
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "google-cloud-sdk-${version}";
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
         url = "https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/downloads/${name}-linux-x86.tar.gz";
         sha256 = "1z2v4bg743qkdlmyyy0z2j5s0g10vbc1643gxrhyz491sk6sp616";
       }
+    else if stdenv.system == "x86_64-darwin" then
+      fetchurl {
+        url = "https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/downloads/${name}-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz";
+        sha256 = "efbe2074da5a544c09b6bf87a8ca045dc429ac38dfcd5380561987769491d5ba";
+      }
     else
       fetchurl {
         url = "https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/downloads/${name}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz";
@@ -58,6 +63,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.free;
     homepage = "https://cloud.google.com/sdk/";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [stephenmw zimbatm];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
   };
 }