diff --git a/etc/macos_mongodb.plist b/etc/macos_mongodb.plist
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e57e7d9be3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/macos_mongodb.plist
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?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>Label</key>
+    <string>#{plist_name}</string>
+    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
+    <array>
+    <string>#{opt_bin}/mongod</string>
+    <string>--config</string>
+    <string>#{etc}/mongod.conf</string>
+    </array>
+    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
+    <true/>
+    <key>KeepAlive</key>
+    <false/>
+    <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
+    <string>#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}</string>
+    <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
+    <string>#{var}/log/mongodb/output.log</string>
+    <key>StandardOutPath</key>
+    <string>#{var}/log/mongodb/output.log</string>
+    <key>HardResourceLimits</key>
+    <dict>
+    <key>NumberOfFiles</key>
+    <integer>64000</integer>
+    </dict>
+    <key>SoftResourceLimits</key>
+    <dict>
+    <key>NumberOfFiles</key>
+    <integer>64000</integer>
+    </dict>
+</dict>
+</plist>
diff --git a/src/mongo/SConscript b/src/mongo/SConscript
index 066aaa7a3c0..12cfcd40ae9 100644
--- a/src/mongo/SConscript
+++ b/src/mongo/SConscript
@@ -279,3 +279,13 @@ env.AutoInstall(
     AIB_COMPONENTS_EXTRA=['dist', 'dist-test'],
     AIB_ROLE='base',
 )
+
+if env.TargetOSIs('darwin', 'macOS'):
+    env.AutoInstall(
+        target='$PREFIX',
+        source=[
+            env.File('#/etc/macos_mongodb.plist'),
+        ],
+        AIB_COMPONENT='common',
+        AIB_ROLE='base',
+    )