diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/xcode-project-check-hook/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/xcode-project-check-hook/setup-hook.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a39c50adbeae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/xcode-project-check-hook/setup-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# Verify that the Xcode project has not changed unexpectedly. This is only useful for source releases that are
+# being built with other build systems (e.g., Meson) instead of xcbuild.
+
+verifyXcodeProjectHash() {
+    printHashInstructions() {
+        echo '1. Set xcodeHash to an empty string: `xcodeHash = "";`'
+        echo '2. Build the derivation and wait for it to fail with a hash mismatch'
+        echo '3. Copy the "got: sha256-..." value back into the xcodeHash field'
+        echo '   You should have: xcodeHash = "sha256-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX=";'
+    }
+
+    if [ -z "${xcodeHash-}" ]; then
+        echo "error: xcodeHash missing"
+        echo
+        echo "To fix the issue:"
+        printHashInstructions
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    if [ -z "${xcodeProject-}" ]; then
+        echo "error: xcodeProject missing"
+        echo
+        echo "To fix the issue: Set xcodeProject to the name of the project"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    local xcodeHashArr
+    readarray -t -d - xcodeHashArr < <(printf "$xcodeHash")
+
+    local hashType=${xcodeHashArr[0]}
+    local expectedHash=${xcodeHashArr[1]}
+
+    if [ -z "$hashType" ] || [ -z "$expectedHash" ]; then
+        echo "error: xcodeHash is in invalid format"
+        echo
+        echo "To fix the issue:"
+        printHashInstructions
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    local hash
+    hash=$(openssl "$hashType" -binary "$sourceRoot/$xcodeProject/project.pbxproj" | base64)
+
+    if [ "$hash" != "$expectedHash" ]; then
+        echo "error: hash mismatch in $xcodeProject/project.pbxproj"
+        echo "        specified: $xcodeHash"
+        echo "           got:    $hashType-$hash"
+        echo
+        echo 'Upstream Xcode project has changed. Update `meson.build` with any changes, then update `xcodeHash`.'
+        printHashInstructions
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+postUnpackHooks+=(verifyXcodeProjectHash)
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/darwin-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/darwin-packages.nix
index 0d3cf4033efa..c47cc3e565e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/darwin-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/darwin-packages.nix
@@ -242,6 +242,11 @@ impure-cmds // appleSourcePackages // chooseLibs // {
       setupHook = null;
     });
 
+  xcodeProjectCheckHook = pkgs.makeSetupHook {
+    name = "xcode-project-check-hook";
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ pkgs.pkgsBuildHost.openssl ];
+  } ../os-specific/darwin/xcode-project-check-hook/setup-hook.sh;
+
   # Formerly the CF attribute. Use this is you need the open source release.
   swift-corelibs-foundation = callPackage ../os-specific/darwin/swift-corelibs/corefoundation.nix { };