diff --git a/defaults/defaults_darwin.go b/defaults/defaults_darwin.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3cf57f39d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/defaults/defaults_darwin.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// +build darwin
+
+/*
+   Copyright The containerd Authors.
+
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package defaults
+
+const (
+	// DefaultRootDir is the default location used by containerd to store
+	// persistent data
+	DefaultRootDir = "/var/lib/containerd"
+	// DefaultStateDir is the default location used by containerd to store
+	// transient data
+	DefaultStateDir = "/var/run/containerd"
+	// DefaultAddress is the default unix socket address
+	DefaultAddress = "/var/run/containerd/containerd.sock"
+	// DefaultDebugAddress is the default unix socket address for pprof data
+	DefaultDebugAddress = "/var/run/containerd/debug.sock"
+	// DefaultFIFODir is the default location used by client-side cio library
+	// to store FIFOs.
+	DefaultFIFODir = "/var/run/containerd/fifo"
+	// DefaultRuntime is the default Darwin runtime.
+	// NOTE: there is no runtime on Darwin as of now.
+	DefaultRuntime = ""
+	// DefaultConfigDir is the default location for config files.
+	DefaultConfigDir = "/etc/containerd"
+)
diff --git a/defaults/defaults_unix.go b/defaults/defaults_unix.go
index 6b69cd06b..2b485803b 100644
--- a/defaults/defaults_unix.go
+++ b/defaults/defaults_unix.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// +build !windows
+// +build !windows,!darwin
 
 /*
    Copyright The containerd Authors.
diff --git a/mount/temp_unix.go b/mount/temp_unix.go
index ed190b8f9..fe162c067 100644
--- a/mount/temp_unix.go
+++ b/mount/temp_unix.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// +build !windows
+// +build !windows,!darwin
 
 /*
    Copyright The containerd Authors.
diff --git a/mount/temp_unsupported.go b/mount/temp_unsupported.go
index 942be4128..75a678f8e 100644
--- a/mount/temp_unsupported.go
+++ b/mount/temp_unsupported.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// +build windows
+// +build windows darwin
 
 /*
    Copyright The containerd Authors.