diff --git a/dist/tools/setsid/.gitignore b/dist/tools/setsid/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3dd9233a7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/setsid/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+setsid
+bin
diff --git a/dist/tools/setsid/Makefile b/dist/tools/setsid/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..164392026f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/setsid/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+PKG_NAME     = setsid
+PKG_URL      = https://github.com/tzvetkoff/setsid-macosx
+PKG_VERSION  = e5b851df41591021baf5cf88d4e41572baf8e08b
+PKG_LICENSE  = BSD-2-Clause
+PKG_BUILDDIR = $(CURDIR)/bin
+
+.PHONY: all
+
+all: git-download
+	@echo "[INFO] compiling setsid from source now"
+	$(MAKE) BINDIR=$(PKG_BUILDDIR) -C $(PKG_BUILDDIR)
+	@mv $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/setsid $(CURDIR)/setsid
+
+distclean::
+	@rm -f $(CURDIR)/setsid
+
+include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk