diff --git a/dev-tools/packer/platforms/darwin/pkg/build.sh b/dev-tools/packer/platforms/darwin/pkg/build.sh
index 1bf12b2f256..2f1ef18fd97 100755
--- a/dev-tools/packer/platforms/darwin/pkg/build.sh
+++ b/dev-tools/packer/platforms/darwin/pkg/build.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 BASEDIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")"; pwd)
-ARCHDIR=${BASEDIR}/../../../
+PACKERDIR=${BASEDIR}/../../../
 
 die() {
     echo "Error: $@" >&2
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ die() {
 test "$(uname -s)" = Darwin || die "Must be run in macOS"
 
 FAIL=0
-for bin in gotpl markdown pkgbuild productbuild hdiutil codesign
+for bin in gotpl markdown pkgbuild productbuild hdiutil codesign xcodebuild
 do
     which -s "$bin" || {
         echo "Required command '$bin' not found in PATH" >&2
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ test -n "SIGN_IDENTITY_APP" || die "Codesigning certificate not found"
 export SIGN_IDENTITY_INSTALLER SIGN_IDENTITY_APP
 
 test -f "${BUILD_DIR}/package.yml" || die "package.yml not found in BUILD_DIR"
-ARCH_FILE="${ARCHDIR}/archs/$ARCH.yml"
+ARCH_FILE="${PACKERDIR}/archs/$ARCH.yml"
 test -f "$ARCH_FILE" || die "$ARCH_FILE not found (check ARCH environment variable)"
 
 TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ else
     echo 'snapshot: ""' >> "${TMPDIR}/conf.yml"
 fi
 
+echo 'Building preference-pane'
+make -e CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED=YES -C "${PACKERDIR}/platforms/darwin/preference-pane" clean build pkg || die "Build of preference-pane failed"
+cp -a "${PACKERDIR}/platforms/darwin/preference-pane/BeatsPrefPane.pkg" "${TMPDIR}/" || die "Preference pane package not found"
+
 pushd "${BASEDIR}/templates"
 for dir in $(find . -type d); do
     mkdir -p "$TMPDIR/$dir" || FAIL=1
diff --git a/dev-tools/packer/platforms/darwin/pkg/internal_build.sh b/dev-tools/packer/platforms/darwin/pkg/internal_build.sh
index 743df6b39a4..08b95fe1814 100755
--- a/dev-tools/packer/platforms/darwin/pkg/internal_build.sh
+++ b/dev-tools/packer/platforms/darwin/pkg/internal_build.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ cp "$BEAT_DIR/LICENSE.txt" LICENSE.txt
 
 productbuild --distribution distribution.plist \
     --resources . \
+    --package-path "BeatsPrefPane.pkg" \
     --package-path "$INNER_NAME" \
     --component-compression auto \
     --sign "$SIGN_IDENTITY_INSTALLER" \
diff --git a/dev-tools/packer/platforms/darwin/pkg/templates/distribution.plist.j2 b/dev-tools/packer/platforms/darwin/pkg/templates/distribution.plist.j2
index 13198a60add..f2b109cd7b8 100644
--- a/dev-tools/packer/platforms/darwin/pkg/templates/distribution.plist.j2
+++ b/dev-tools/packer/platforms/darwin/pkg/templates/distribution.plist.j2
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@
     <choice id="default"/>
     <choice id="{{.identifier_base}}.{{.beat_name}}" visible="false">
         <pkg-ref id="{{.identifier_base}}.{{.beat_name}}"/>
+        <pkg-ref id="{{.identifier_base}}.preference-pane"/>
     </choice>
     <pkg-ref id="{{.identifier_base}}.{{.beat_name}}" version="{{.version}}{{.snapshot}}" auth="Root" onConclusion="none">internal-{{.beat_name}}-{{.version}}{{.snapshot}}-{{.osx_arch}}.pkg</pkg-ref>
-    <!-- <welcome file="LICENSE.txt" mime-type="text/plain" auto="yes"/> -->
     <readme file="README.html" />
     <license file="LICENSE.txt" />
     <title>{{.beat_name}} {{.version}}{{.snapshot}}</title>
+    <pkg-ref id="{{.identifier_base}}.preference-pane" version="{{.version}}{{.snapshot}}" auth="Root" onConclusion="none">BeatsPrefPane.pkg</pkg-ref>
 </installer-gui-script>