diff --git a/src/os/main.zig b/src/os/main.zig
index 2d269e412..c12bd5086 100644
--- a/src/os/main.zig
+++ b/src/os/main.zig
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ pub const hostname = @import("hostname.zig");
 pub const i18n = @import("i18n.zig");
 pub const path = @import("path.zig");
 pub const passwd = @import("passwd.zig");
+pub const posix_spawn = @import("posix_spawn.zig");
 pub const xdg = @import("xdg.zig");
 pub const windows = @import("windows.zig");
 pub const macos = @import("macos.zig");
@@ -73,4 +74,8 @@ test {
     if (comptime builtin.os.tag == .linux) {
         _ = kernel_info;
     }
+
+    if (comptime builtin.os.tag.isDarwin()) {
+        _ = posix_spawn;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/os/posix_spawn.zig b/src/os/posix_spawn.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1d673858
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/os/posix_spawn.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
+//! This file contains a wrapper around the `posix_spawn` API and
+//! exposes it in a higher-level idiomatic Zig way.
+
+const std = @import("std");
+const c = std.c;
+const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
+const UnexpectedError = std.posix.UnexpectedError;
+const unexpectedErrno = std.posix.unexpectedErrno;
+const errno = std.posix.errno;
+const fd_t = std.posix.fd_t;
+const pid_t = std.posix.pid_t;
+
+extern "c" fn posix_spawnattr_setsigdefault(
+    attr: *c.posix_spawnattr_t,
+    sigdefault: *const std.posix.sigset_t,
+) c_int;
+extern "c" fn responsibility_spawnattrs_setdisclaim(
+    attrs: *const c.posix_spawnattr_t,
+    disclaim: bool,
+) c_int;
+
+pub fn spawnp(
+    path: [:0]const u8,
+    actions: ?*file_actions.T,
+    attr: ?*spawn_attr.T,
+    argv: [*:null]const ?[*:0]const u8,
+    env: [*:null]const ?[*:0]const u8,
+) UnexpectedError!pid_t {
+    var pid: pid_t = undefined;
+    return switch (errno(c.posix_spawnp(
+        &pid,
+        path,
+        actions,
+        attr,
+        argv,
+        env,
+    ))) {
+        .SUCCESS => pid,
+        else => |err| return unexpectedErrno(err),
+    };
+}
+
+/// Wrapper around the posix_spawn_file_actions_t type. This will be
+/// sparsely documented since it should mostly just match the man pages.
+///
+/// NOTE: This purposely does not implement many functions. We only
+/// implement what we need for our use case. It is trivial to add more.
+pub const file_actions = struct {
+    pub const T = c.posix_spawn_file_actions_t;
+
+    pub fn create() (Allocator.Error || UnexpectedError)!T {
+        var actions: T = undefined;
+        return switch (errno(c.posix_spawn_file_actions_init(&actions))) {
+            .SUCCESS => actions,
+            .NOMEM => return error.OutOfMemory,
+            else => |err| return unexpectedErrno(err),
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub fn destroy(actions: *T) void {
+        _ = c.posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy(actions);
+    }
+
+    pub fn close(
+        actions: *T,
+        fildes: fd_t,
+    ) (error{BadFileDescriptor} || UnexpectedError)!void {
+        return switch (errno(c.posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose(
+            actions,
+            fildes,
+        ))) {
+            .SUCCESS => {},
+            .BADF => return error.BadFileDescriptor,
+            else => |err| return unexpectedErrno(err),
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub fn dup2(
+        actions: *T,
+        fildes: fd_t,
+        newfildes: fd_t,
+    ) (error{BadFileDescriptor} || UnexpectedError)!void {
+        return switch (errno(c.posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2(
+            actions,
+            fildes,
+            newfildes,
+        ))) {
+            .SUCCESS => {},
+            .BADF => return error.BadFileDescriptor,
+            else => |err| return unexpectedErrno(err),
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub fn chdir(
+        actions: *T,
+        path: [*:0]const u8,
+    ) UnexpectedError!void {
+        return switch (errno(c.posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir_np(
+            actions,
+            path,
+        ))) {
+            .SUCCESS => {},
+            else => |err| return unexpectedErrno(err),
+        };
+    }
+};
+
+/// Wrapper around the posix_spawnattr_t type. This will be
+/// sparsely documented since it should mostly just match the man pages.
+///
+/// NOTE: This purposely does not implement many functions. We only
+/// implement what we need for our use case. It is trivial to add more.
+pub const spawn_attr = struct {
+    pub const T = c.posix_spawnattr_t;
+
+    pub fn create() (Allocator.Error || UnexpectedError)!T {
+        var attr: T = undefined;
+        return switch (errno(c.posix_spawnattr_init(&attr))) {
+            .SUCCESS => attr,
+            .NOMEM => return error.OutOfMemory,
+            else => |err| return unexpectedErrno(err),
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub fn destroy(attr: *T) void {
+        _ = c.posix_spawnattr_destroy(attr);
+    }
+
+    pub fn setflags(attr: *T, flags: Flags) UnexpectedError!void {
+        return switch (errno(c.posix_spawnattr_setflags(
+            attr,
+            flags.int(),
+        ))) {
+            .SUCCESS => {},
+            else => |err| return unexpectedErrno(err),
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub fn setsigdefault(attr: *T, sigdefault: *const std.posix.sigset_t) UnexpectedError!void {
+        return switch (errno(posix_spawnattr_setsigdefault(
+            attr,
+            sigdefault,
+        ))) {
+            .SUCCESS => {},
+            else => |err| return unexpectedErrno(err),
+        };
+    }
+
+    /// This is undocumented, private API, so I'll link to some resources
+    /// here: https://www.qt.io/blog/the-curious-case-of-the-responsible-process
+    pub fn disclaim(attr: *T, v: bool) UnexpectedError!void {
+        return switch (errno(responsibility_spawnattrs_setdisclaim(
+            attr,
+            v,
+        ))) {
+            .SUCCESS => {},
+            else => |err| return unexpectedErrno(err),
+        };
+    }
+};
+
+pub const Flags = packed struct(c_short) {
+    resetids: bool = false,
+    setpgroup: bool = false,
+    setsigdef: bool = false,
+    setsigmask: bool = false,
+    _pad1: u2 = 0,
+    setexec: bool = false,
+    start_suspended: bool = false,
+    disable_aslr: bool = false,
+    _pad2: u1 = 0,
+    setsid: bool = false,
+    reslide: bool = false,
+    _pad3: u2 = 0,
+    cloexec_default: bool = false,
+    _pad4: u1 = 0,
+
+    /// Integer value of this struct.
+    pub fn int(self: Flags) c_short {
+        return @bitCast(self);
+    }
+};
+
+test file_actions {
+    var actions = try file_actions.create();
+    defer file_actions.destroy(&actions);
+}
+
+test "dup2" {
+    var actions = try file_actions.create();
+    defer file_actions.destroy(&actions);
+    try file_actions.dup2(&actions, 0, 1);
+}
+
+test "close" {
+    var actions = try file_actions.create();
+    defer file_actions.destroy(&actions);
+    try file_actions.close(&actions, 0);
+}
+
+test "chdir" {
+    var actions = try file_actions.create();
+    defer file_actions.destroy(&actions);
+    try file_actions.chdir(&actions, "/tmp");
+}
+
+test spawn_attr {
+    var attr = try spawn_attr.create();
+    defer spawn_attr.destroy(&attr);
+}
+
+test "spawn_attr.setflags" {
+    var attr = try spawn_attr.create();
+    defer spawn_attr.destroy(&attr);
+    try spawn_attr.setflags(&attr, .{ .setsid = true });
+}
+
+test "spawn_attr.setsigdefault" {
+    var attr = try spawn_attr.create();
+    defer spawn_attr.destroy(&attr);
+    var sigset = std.mem.zeroes(std.posix.sigset_t);
+    try spawn_attr.setsigdefault(&attr, &sigset);
+}
+
+test "spawn_attr.disclaim" {
+    var attr = try spawn_attr.create();
+    defer spawn_attr.destroy(&attr);
+    try spawn_attr.disclaim(&attr, true);
+}
+
+test "flags match std.c values" {
+    const testing = std.testing;
+    try testing.expectEqual(std.c.POSIX_SPAWN.RESETIDS, Flags.int(.{ .resetids = true }));
+    try testing.expectEqual(std.c.POSIX_SPAWN.SETPGROUP, Flags.int(.{ .setpgroup = true }));
+    try testing.expectEqual(std.c.POSIX_SPAWN.SETSIGDEF, Flags.int(.{ .setsigdef = true }));
+    try testing.expectEqual(std.c.POSIX_SPAWN.SETSIGMASK, Flags.int(.{ .setsigmask = true }));
+    try testing.expectEqual(std.c.POSIX_SPAWN.SETEXEC, Flags.int(.{ .setexec = true }));
+    try testing.expectEqual(std.c.POSIX_SPAWN.START_SUSPENDED, Flags.int(.{ .start_suspended = true }));
+    try testing.expectEqual(std.c.POSIX_SPAWN.DISABLE_ASLR, Flags.int(.{ .disable_aslr = true }));
+    try testing.expectEqual(std.c.POSIX_SPAWN.SETSID, Flags.int(.{ .setsid = true }));
+    try testing.expectEqual(std.c.POSIX_SPAWN.RESLIDE, Flags.int(.{ .reslide = true }));
+    try testing.expectEqual(std.c.POSIX_SPAWN.CLOEXEC_DEFAULT, Flags.int(.{ .cloexec_default = true }));
+}
+
+test spawnp {
+    const testing = std.testing;
+    const pid = try spawnp(
+        "true",
+        null,
+        null,
+        &.{"true"},
+        &.{},
+    );
+    try testing.expect(pid > 0);
+    const result = std.posix.waitpid(pid, 0);
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(u32, 0), result.status);
+}