diff --git a/flakeModules/clan.nix b/flakeModules/clan.nix
index ae960793c..a78ac5aad 100644
--- a/flakeModules/clan.nix
+++ b/flakeModules/clan.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ in
     type = types.submoduleWith {
       specialArgs = {
         inherit clan-core self;
-        inherit (inputs) nixpkgs;
+        inherit (inputs) nixpkgs nix-darwin;
         # TODO: inject the inventory interface
         # inventoryInterface = {};
       };
diff --git a/lib/build-clan/default.nix b/lib/build-clan/default.nix
index 466368484..baa43bbd9 100644
--- a/lib/build-clan/default.nix
+++ b/lib/build-clan/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 {
   lib,
   nixpkgs,
+  nix-darwin ? null,
   ...
 }:
 {
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@
         inherit
           lib
           nixpkgs
+          nix-darwin
           clan-core
           self
           ;
diff --git a/lib/build-clan/function-adapter.nix b/lib/build-clan/function-adapter.nix
index 4a11fd1e0..aa8b1a601 100644
--- a/lib/build-clan/function-adapter.nix
+++ b/lib/build-clan/function-adapter.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   lib,
   nixpkgs,
+  nix-darwin ? null,
   clan-core,
   self,
   specialArgs ? { },
@@ -9,7 +10,12 @@
 module:
 (lib.evalModules {
   specialArgs = {
-    inherit self clan-core nixpkgs;
+    inherit
+      self
+      clan-core
+      nixpkgs
+      nix-darwin
+      ;
   };
   modules = [
     ./interface.nix
diff --git a/lib/build-clan/interface.nix b/lib/build-clan/interface.nix
index 2f92275c0..c6436fb1a 100644
--- a/lib/build-clan/interface.nix
+++ b/lib/build-clan/interface.nix
@@ -123,6 +123,15 @@ in
     };
 
     # Outputs
+    darwinConfigurations = lib.mkOption {
+      # Hide from documentation.
+      # Exposed at the top-level of the flake, clan.darwinConfigurations should not used by the user.
+      # Instead, the user should use the `.#darwinConfigurations` attribute of the flake output.
+      visible = false;
+      type = types.lazyAttrsOf types.raw;
+      default = { };
+    };
+
     nixosConfigurations = lib.mkOption {
       # Hide from documentation.
       # Exposed at the top-level of the flake, clan.nixosConfigurations should not used by the user.
diff --git a/lib/build-clan/module.nix b/lib/build-clan/module.nix
index 5072bf499..9f69bf99b 100644
--- a/lib/build-clan/module.nix
+++ b/lib/build-clan/module.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   config,
   clan-core,
   nixpkgs,
+  nix-darwin,
   lib,
   ...
 }:
@@ -48,51 +49,99 @@ let
     }
   );
 
-  # TODO: remove default system once we have a hardware-config mechanism
-  nixosConfiguration =
-    {
-      system ? null,
-      name,
-      pkgs ? null,
-      extraConfig ? { },
-    }:
-    nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
-      modules =
-        let
-          hwConfig = "${directory}/machines/${name}/hardware-configuration.nix";
-          diskoConfig = "${directory}/machines/${name}/disko.nix";
-        in
-        [
+  moduleSystemConstructor = {
+    # TODO: remove default system once we have a hardware-config mechanism
+    nixos =
+      {
+        system ? null,
+        name,
+        pkgs ? null,
+        extraConfig ? { },
+      }:
+      nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
+        modules =
+          let
+            hwConfig = "${directory}/machines/${name}/hardware-configuration.nix";
+            diskoConfig = "${directory}/machines/${name}/disko.nix";
+          in
+          [
+            {
+              # Autoinclude configuration.nix and hardware-configuration.nix
+              imports = builtins.filter builtins.pathExists [
+                "${directory}/machines/${name}/configuration.nix"
+                hwConfig
+                diskoConfig
+              ];
+            }
+            clan-core.nixosModules.clanCore
+            extraConfig
+            (machines.${name} or { })
+            # Inherit the inventory assertions ?
+            # { inherit (mergedInventory) assertions; }
+            { imports = inventoryClass.machines.${name}.machineImports or [ ]; }
+
+            # Import the distribute services
+            { imports = config.clanInternals.distributedServices.allMachines.${name} or [ ]; }
+            (
+              {
+                # Settings
+                clan.core.settings = {
+                  inherit directory;
+                  inherit (config.inventory.meta) name icon;
+
+                  machine = {
+                    inherit name;
+                  };
+                };
+                # Inherited from clan wide settings
+                # TODO: remove these
+
+                networking.hostName = lib.mkDefault name;
+
+                # For vars we need to override the system so we run vars
+                # generators on the machine that runs `clan vars generate`. If a
+                # users is using the `pkgsForSystem`, we don't set
+                # nixpkgs.hostPlatform it would conflict with the `nixpkgs.pkgs`
+                # option.
+                nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkIf (system != null && (pkgsForSystem system) != null) (
+                  lib.mkForce system
+                );
+              }
+              // lib.optionalAttrs (pkgs != null) { nixpkgs.pkgs = lib.mkForce pkgs; }
+            )
+          ];
+
+        specialArgs = {
+          inherit clan-core;
+        } // specialArgs;
+      };
+
+    darwin =
+      {
+        system ? null,
+        name,
+        pkgs ? null,
+        extraConfig ? { },
+      }:
+      nix-darwin.lib.darwinSystem {
+        modules = [
           {
-            # Autoinclude configuration.nix and hardware-configuration.nix
             imports = builtins.filter builtins.pathExists [
               "${directory}/machines/${name}/configuration.nix"
-              hwConfig
-              diskoConfig
             ];
           }
-          clan-core.nixosModules.clanCore
+          (
+            if !lib.hasAttrByPath [ "darwinModules" "clanCore" ] clan-core then
+              { }
+            else
+              throw "this should import clan-core.darwinModules.clanCore"
+          )
           extraConfig
           (machines.${name} or { })
-          # Inherit the inventory assertions ?
-          # { inherit (mergedInventory) assertions; }
-          { imports = inventoryClass.machines.${name}.machineImports or [ ]; }
-
-          # Import the distribute services
-          { imports = config.clanInternals.distributedServices.allMachines.${name} or [ ]; }
+          # TODO: import inventory when it has support for defining `nix-darwin` modules
           (
             {
-              # Settings
-              clan.core.settings = {
-                inherit directory;
-                inherit (config.inventory.meta) name icon;
-
-                machine = {
-                  inherit name;
-                };
-              };
-              # Inherited from clan wide settings
-              # TODO: remove these
+              # TODO: set clan-core settings when clan-core has support for `nix-darwin`
 
               networking.hostName = lib.mkDefault name;
 
@@ -109,16 +158,24 @@ let
           )
         ];
 
-      specialArgs = {
-        inherit clan-core;
-      } // specialArgs;
-    };
+        specialArgs = {
+          inherit clan-core;
+        } // specialArgs;
+      };
+  };
 
   allMachines = inventory.machines or { } // machines;
 
-  nixosConfigurations = lib.mapAttrs (name: _: nixosConfiguration { inherit name; }) allMachines;
+  machineClass = lib.mapAttrs (name: _: inventory.machineClass.${name} or "nixos") allMachines;
 
-  # This instantiates nixos for each system that we support:
+  configurations = lib.mapAttrs (
+    name: _: moduleSystemConstructor.${machineClass.${name}} { inherit name; }
+  ) allMachines;
+
+  nixosConfigurations = lib.filterAttrs (name: _: machineClass.${name} == "nixos") configurations;
+  darwinConfigurations = lib.filterAttrs (name: _: machineClass.${name} == "darwin") configurations;
+
+  # This instantiates NixOS for each system that we support:
   # configPerSystem = <system>.<machine>.nixosConfiguration
   # We need this to build nixos secret generators for each system
   configsPerSystem = builtins.listToAttrs (
@@ -127,7 +184,7 @@ let
       lib.nameValuePair system (
         lib.mapAttrs (
           name: _:
-          nixosConfiguration {
+          moduleSystemConstructor.${machineClass.${name}} {
             inherit name system;
             pkgs = pkgsFor.${system};
           }
@@ -142,7 +199,7 @@ let
       lib.nameValuePair system (
         lib.mapAttrs (
           name: _: args:
-          nixosConfiguration (
+          moduleSystemConstructor.${machineClass.${name}} (
             args
             // {
               inherit name system;
@@ -194,6 +251,7 @@ in
   ];
 
   inherit nixosConfigurations;
+  inherit darwinConfigurations;
 
   clanInternals = {
     moduleSchemas = clan-core.lib.modules.getModulesSchema config.inventory.modules;
@@ -223,11 +281,17 @@ in
     # machine specifics
     machines = configsPerSystem;
     machinesFunc = configsFuncPerSystem;
-    all-machines-json = lib.mapAttrs (
-      system: configs:
-      nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system}.writers.writeJSON "machines.json" (
-        lib.mapAttrs (_: m: m.config.system.clan.deployment.data) configs
-      )
-    ) configsPerSystem;
+    all-machines-json =
+      if !lib.hasAttrByPath [ "darwinModules" "clanCore" ] clan-core then
+        lib.mapAttrs (
+          system: configs:
+          nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system}.writers.writeJSON "machines.json" (
+            lib.mapAttrs (_: m: m.config.system.clan.deployment.data) (
+              lib.filterAttrs (_n: v: v.class == "nixos") configs
+            )
+          )
+        ) configsPerSystem
+      else
+        throw "remove NixOS filter and support nix-darwin as well";
   };
 }
diff --git a/lib/build-clan/public.nix b/lib/build-clan/public.nix
index fb34480a6..3f1783a9a 100644
--- a/lib/build-clan/public.nix
+++ b/lib/build-clan/public.nix
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@
   topLevel = [
     "clanInternals"
     "nixosConfigurations"
+    "darwinConfigurations"
   ];
 }
diff --git a/lib/build-clan/tests.nix b/lib/build-clan/tests.nix
index 68b85811c..f87918e7a 100644
--- a/lib/build-clan/tests.nix
+++ b/lib/build-clan/tests.nix
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ in
         };
         directory = ./.;
         imports = [
-          # What the user needs to specif
+          # What the user needs to specify
           {
             directory = ./.;
             inventory.meta.name = "test";
@@ -165,10 +165,9 @@ in
         };
         directory = ./.;
         meta.name = "test";
-        inventory.machines.machine1.meta.name = "machine1";
 
+        inventory.machines.machine1 = { };
         machines.machine2 = { };
-
       };
     in
     {
@@ -200,4 +199,55 @@ in
       expr = result.nixosConfigurations.machine2.config.networking.hostName;
       expected = "dream2nix";
     };
+
+  test_buildClan_darwin_machines =
+    let
+      result = buildClan {
+        self = {
+          inputs = { };
+        };
+        directory = ./.;
+        meta.name = "test";
+
+        machines.machine1 = { };
+        machines.machine2 = { };
+        machines.machine3 = { };
+
+        inventory.machineClass.machine2 = "darwin";
+        inventory.machineClass.machine3 = "nixos";
+      };
+    in
+    {
+      expr = {
+        nixos = builtins.attrNames result.nixosConfigurations;
+        darwin = builtins.attrNames result.darwinConfigurations;
+      };
+      expected = {
+        nixos = [
+          "machine1"
+          "machine3"
+        ];
+        darwin = [ "machine2" ];
+      };
+    };
+
+  test_buildClan_all_machines_laziness =
+    let
+      result = buildClan {
+        self = {
+          inputs = { };
+        };
+        directory = ./.;
+        meta.name = "test";
+
+        machines.machine1.non_existent_option = throw "eval error";
+        inventory.machines.machine1.other_non_existent_option = throw "different eval error";
+      };
+    in
+    {
+      expr = builtins.attrNames result.nixosConfigurations;
+      expected = [
+        "machine1"
+      ];
+    };
 }
diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
index 2d31c3048..ada137e8b 100644
--- a/lib/default.nix
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   self,
   nixpkgs,
+  nix-darwin ? null,
   ...
 }:
 # Produces the
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ lib.fix (clanLib: {
     clan-core = self;
     pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.x86_64-linux;
   };
-  buildClanModule = clanLib.callLib ./build-clan { inherit nixpkgs; };
+  buildClanModule = clanLib.callLib ./build-clan { inherit nixpkgs nix-darwin; };
 
   buildClan = clanLib.buildClanModule.buildClanWith { clan-core = self; };
   # ------------------------------------
diff --git a/lib/flake-module.nix b/lib/flake-module.nix
index a7cd3d5b9..19c093391 100644
--- a/lib/flake-module.nix
+++ b/lib/flake-module.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ rec {
   ];
   flake.clanLib = import ./default.nix {
     inherit lib inputs self;
-    inherit (inputs) nixpkgs;
+    inherit (inputs) nixpkgs nix-darwin;
   };
   # TODO: remove this legacy alias
   flake.lib = flake.clanLib;
diff --git a/lib/inventory/build-inventory/interface.nix b/lib/inventory/build-inventory/interface.nix
index b496bb962..e04f35ab1 100644
--- a/lib/inventory/build-inventory/interface.nix
+++ b/lib/inventory/build-inventory/interface.nix
@@ -277,6 +277,22 @@ in
         )
       );
     };
+
+    machineClass = lib.mkOption {
+      default = { };
+      type = types.attrsOf (
+        types.enum [
+          "nixos"
+          "darwin"
+        ]
+      );
+      description = ''
+        The module system that should be used to construct the machine
+
+        Set this to `darwin` for macOS machines
+      '';
+    };
+
     instances = lib.mkOption {
       # Keep as internal until all de-/serialization issues are resolved
       visible = false;
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/inventory/classes.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/inventory/classes.py
index 3ed9d3342..d21fb139c 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/inventory/classes.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/inventory/classes.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Service = dict[str, Any]
 
 
 class Inventory(TypedDict):
+    machineClass: NotRequired[dict[str, Any]]
     machines: NotRequired[dict[str, Machine]]
     meta: NotRequired[Meta]
     modules: NotRequired[dict[str, Any]]