diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
index d67d80c09f81..a22b05d483b7 100644
--- a/lib/default.nix
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ let
         getLicenseFromSpdxIdOr
         getExe
         getExe'
+        getDarwinApp
         getDarwinApp'
         ;
       inherit (self.filesystem)
diff --git a/lib/meta.nix b/lib/meta.nix
index f943302e41f3..c87b2d735489 100644
--- a/lib/meta.nix
+++ b/lib/meta.nix
@@ -581,6 +581,42 @@ rec {
       || throw "lib.meta.getExe': The second argument \"${y}\" is a nested path with a \"/\" character, but it should just be the name of the executable instead.";
     "${getBin x}/bin/${y}";
 
+  /**
+    Get the path to the main darwin app of a package based on `meta.mainDarwinApp`
+
+    # Inputs
+
+    `x`
+
+    : 1\. Function argument
+
+    # Type
+
+    ```
+    getDarwinApp :: Derivation -> StorePath
+    ```
+
+    # Examples
+    :::{.example}
+    ## `lib.meta.getDarwinApp` usage example
+
+    ```nix
+    getDarwinApp pkgs.vscodium
+    => "/nix/store/0y95mgmlrs8cayv2cnj23xjfljwhlib0-vscodium-1.121.03429/Applications/VSCodium.app"
+    getDarwinApp pkgs.slack
+    => "/nix/store/g52cl8dblki8dr5bkr0vajpkralkmhi0-slack-4.49.89/Applications/Slack.app"
+    ```
+
+    :::
+  */
+  getDarwinApp =
+    x:
+    getDarwinApp' x (
+      x.meta.mainDarwinApp or (builtins.throw "getDarwinApp: Package ${
+        lib.strings.escapeNixIdentifier x.meta.name or x.pname or x.name
+      } does not have the meta.mainDarwinApp attribute. If the package has a main darwin app, please set `meta.mainDarwinApp` in its definition to make this error go away. Otherwise, if the package does not have a main darwin app, or if you don't control its definition, use getDarwinApp' to specify the name to the program, such as lib.getDarwinApp' vscodium \"VSCodium.app\".")
+    );
+
   /**
     Get the path of an darwin app for a derivation.
 
diff --git a/lib/tests/misc.nix b/lib/tests/misc.nix
index 8aa6cfafe9ca..643c3b0b8a25 100644
--- a/lib/tests/misc.nix
+++ b/lib/tests/misc.nix
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ let
     genList
     getExe
     getExe'
+    getDarwinApp
     getDarwinApp'
     getLicenseFromSpdxIdOr
     groupBy
@@ -4753,6 +4754,16 @@ runTests {
 
   testGetExe'FailureSecondArg = testingThrow (getExe' { type = "derivation"; } "dir/executable");
 
+  testGetDarwinAppOutput = {
+    expr = getDarwinApp {
+      type = "derivation";
+      out = "somelonghash";
+      bin = "somelonghash";
+      meta.mainDarwinApp = "mainDarwinApp.app";
+    };
+    expected = "somelonghash/Applications/mainDarwinApp.app";
+  };
+
   testGetDarwinApp'Output = {
     expr = getDarwinApp' {
       type = "derivation";