diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index ae9c20c7..2fe879cd 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ man/generate-man
 files/gentoo-initd
 files/gentoo-confd
 files/redhat-initd
+files/macosx-initd
 files/solaris-fail2ban.xml
 files/solaris-svc-fail2ban
 files/suse-initd
diff --git a/files/macosx-initd b/files/macosx-initd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..854f4703
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/macosx-initd
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/Library/LaunchDaemonsm/org.fail2ban.plist
+===================================
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+        <key>Disabled</key>
+        <false/>
+        <key>Label</key>
+        <string>fail2ban</string>
+        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
+        <array>
+                <string>/usr/local/bin/fail2ban-client</string>
+                <string>start</string>
+        </array>
+        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
+        <true/>
+</dict>
+</plist>
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