diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/darwin-min-version-hook/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/darwin-min-version-hook/setup-hook.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..17a42eb02ef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/darwin-min-version-hook/setup-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+local role_post
+getHostRole
+
+# Compare the requested deployment target to the existing one. The deployment target has to be a version number,
+# and this hook tries to do the right thing with deployment targets set outside of it, so it has to parse
+# the version numbers for the comparison manually.
+
+local darwinMinVersion=@deploymentTarget@
+local darwinMinVersionVar=@darwinMinVersionVariable@${role_post}
+
+local currentDeploymentTargetArr
+IFS=. read -a currentDeploymentTargetArr <<< "${!darwinMinVersionVar-0.0.0}"
+
+local darwinMinVersionArr
+IFS=. read -a darwinMinVersionArr <<< "$darwinMinVersion"
+
+local currentDeploymentTarget
+currentDeploymentTarget=$(printf "%02d%02d%02d" "${currentDeploymentTargetArr[0]-0}" "${currentDeploymentTargetArr[1]-0}" "${currentDeploymentTargetArr[2]-0}")
+
+darwinMinVersion=$(printf "%02d%02d%02d" "${darwinMinVersionArr[0]-0}" "${darwinMinVersionArr[1]-0}" "${darwinMinVersionArr[2]-0}")
+
+if [ "$darwinMinVersion" -gt "$currentDeploymentTarget" ]; then
+    export "$darwinMinVersionVar"=@deploymentTarget@
+fi
+
+unset -v role_post currentDeploymentTarget currentDeploymentTargetArr darwinMinVersion darwinMinVersionArr darwinMinVersionVar
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b6744b93ea24..fd4ca3df70c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23740,6 +23740,18 @@ with pkgs;
 
   plumed = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/chemistry/plumed { };
 
+  ### DEVELOPMENT / LIBRARIES / DARWIN SDKS
+
+  darwinMinVersionHook =
+    deploymentTarget:
+    makeSetupHook {
+      name = "darwin-deployment-target-hook-${deploymentTarget}";
+      substitutions = {
+        darwinMinVersionVariable = lib.escapeShellArg stdenv.hostPlatform.darwinMinVersionVariable;
+        deploymentTarget = lib.escapeShellArg deploymentTarget;
+      };
+    } ../os-specific/darwin/darwin-min-version-hook/setup-hook.sh;
+
   ### DEVELOPMENT / LIBRARIES / AGDA
 
   agdaPackages = callPackage ./agda-packages.nix {