diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index eaee076635f5..88c513eacabe 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@
   lhvwb = "Nathaniel Baxter <nathaniel.baxter@gmail.com>";
   linquize = "Linquize <linquize@yahoo.com.hk>";
   linus = "Linus Arver <linusarver@gmail.com>";
+  lnl7 = "Daiderd Jordan <daiderd@gmail.com>";
   lovek323 = "Jason O'Conal <jason@oconal.id.au>";
   ludo = "Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>";
   madjar = "Georges Dubus <georges.dubus@compiletoi.net>";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/derez/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/derez/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f64f05aadf09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/derez/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv }:
+
+# this tool only exists on darwin
+assert stdenv.isDarwin;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "derez";
+
+  src = "/usr/bin/DeRez";
+
+  unpackPhase = "true";
+  configurePhase = "true";
+  buildPhase = "true";
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out/bin"
+    ln -s $src "$out/bin"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Decompiles resources";
+    homepage    = "https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/DeRez.1.html";
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.lnl7 ];
+    platforms   = platforms.darwin;
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      The DeRez tool decompiles the resource fork of resourceFile according to the type declarations
+      supplied by the type declaration files. The resource description produced by this decompilation
+      contains the resource definitions (resource and data statements) associated with these type
+      declarations. If for some reason it cannot reproduce the appropriate resource statements, DeRez
+      generates hexadecimal data statements instead.
+    '';
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/rez/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/rez/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..847dfc6e6f34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/rez/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ stdenv }:
+
+# this tool only exists on darwin
+assert stdenv.isDarwin;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "rez";
+
+  src = "/usr/bin/Rez";
+
+  unpackPhase = "true";
+  configurePhase = "true";
+  buildPhase = "true";
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out/bin"
+    ln -s $src "$out/bin"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Compiles resources";
+    homepage    = "https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/Rez.1.html";
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.lnl7 ];
+    platforms   = platforms.darwin;
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      The Rez tool compiles the resource fork of a file according to the textual description contained in
+      the resource description files. These resource description files must contain both the type
+      declarations and the resource definitions needed to compile the resources. This data can come
+      directly from the resource description files.
+    '';
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index de9cea273a3b..35a9ca58854b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -635,6 +635,9 @@ let
 
   oracle-instantclient = callPackage ../development/libraries/oracle-instantclient { };
 
+  derez = callPackage ../os-specific/darwin/derez { };
+  rez = callPackage ../os-specific/darwin/rez { };
+
   setfile = callPackage ../os-specific/darwin/setfile { };
 
   install_name_tool = callPackage ../os-specific/darwin/install_name_tool { };