diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index fbd4a9a76..c99995eb8 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const harfbuzz = @import("pkg/harfbuzz/build.zig");
 const libxml2 = @import("vendor/zig-libxml2/libxml2.zig");
 const libuv = @import("pkg/libuv/build.zig");
 const libpng = @import("pkg/libpng/build.zig");
+const macos = @import("pkg/macos/build.zig");
 const utf8proc = @import("pkg/utf8proc/build.zig");
 const zlib = @import("pkg/zlib/build.zig");
 const tracylib = @import("pkg/tracy/build.zig");
@@ -183,6 +184,7 @@ fn addDeps(
     step.addPackage(glfw.pkg);
     step.addPackage(libuv.pkg);
     step.addPackage(utf8proc.pkg);
+    if (step.target.isDarwin()) step.addPackage(macos.pkg);
 
     // We always statically compile glad
     step.addIncludePath("vendor/glad/include/");
diff --git a/pkg/macos/build.zig b/pkg/macos/build.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f1eb1796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/macos/build.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const builtin = @import("builtin");
+
+pub const pkg = std.build.Pkg{
+    .name = "macos",
+    .source = .{ .path = thisDir() ++ "/main.zig" },
+};
+
+fn thisDir() []const u8 {
+    return std.fs.path.dirname(@src().file) orelse ".";
+}
+
+pub const Options = struct {};
+
+pub fn link(
+    b: *std.build.Builder,
+    step: *std.build.LibExeObjStep,
+    opt: Options,
+) !*std.build.LibExeObjStep {
+    _ = opt;
+    const lib = b.addStaticLibrary("macos", null);
+    step.linkFramework("CoreFoundation");
+    return lib;
+}
diff --git a/pkg/macos/foundation.zig b/pkg/macos/foundation.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2abe233a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/macos/foundation.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+pub usingnamespace @import("foundation/string.zig");
+pub usingnamespace @import("foundation/type.zig");
+
+test {
+    @import("std").testing.refAllDecls(@This());
+}
diff --git a/pkg/macos/foundation/string.zig b/pkg/macos/foundation/string.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60feb19b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/macos/foundation/string.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
+const cftype = @import("type.zig");
+
+pub const String = opaque {
+    pub fn createWithBytes(
+        bs: []const u8,
+        encoding: StringEncoding,
+        external: bool,
+    ) Allocator.Error!*String {
+        return CFStringCreateWithBytes(
+            null,
+            bs.ptr,
+            bs.len,
+            @enumToInt(encoding),
+            external,
+        ) orelse Allocator.Error.OutOfMemory;
+    }
+
+    pub fn release(self: *String) void {
+        cftype.CFRelease(self);
+    }
+
+    pub extern "c" fn CFStringCreateWithBytes(
+        allocator: ?*anyopaque,
+        bytes: [*]const u8,
+        numBytes: usize,
+        encooding: u32,
+        is_external: bool,
+    ) ?*String;
+};
+
+/// https://developer.apple.com/documentation/corefoundation/cfstringencoding?language=objc
+pub const StringEncoding = enum(u32) {
+    invalid = 0xffffffff,
+    mac_roman = 0,
+    windows_latin1 = 0x0500,
+    iso_latin1 = 0x0201,
+    nextstep_latin = 0x0B01,
+    ascii = 0x0600,
+    unicode = 0x0100,
+    utf8 = 0x08000100,
+    non_lossy_ascii = 0x0BFF,
+    utf16_be = 0x10000100,
+    utf16_le = 0x14000100,
+    utf32 = 0x0c000100,
+    utf32_be = 0x18000100,
+    utf32_le = 0x1c000100,
+};
+
+test "string" {
+    const str = try String.createWithBytes("hello world", .ascii, false);
+    defer str.release();
+}
diff --git a/pkg/macos/foundation/type.zig b/pkg/macos/foundation/type.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3ee150f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/macos/foundation/type.zig
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub extern "c" fn CFRelease(*anyopaque) void;
diff --git a/pkg/macos/main.zig b/pkg/macos/main.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e651c0103
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/macos/main.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pub const foundation = @import("foundation.zig");
+
+test {
+    @import("std").testing.refAllDecls(@This());
+}