diff --git a/src/cmd/dist/build.go b/src/cmd/dist/build.go
index 8973a87168281..0afa5f062e439 100644
--- a/src/cmd/dist/build.go
+++ b/src/cmd/dist/build.go
@@ -1577,6 +1577,9 @@ func cmdbootstrap() {
 		ok[f] = true
 	}
 	for _, f := range binFiles {
+		if gohostos == "darwin" && filepath.Base(f) == ".DS_Store" {
+			continue // unfortunate but not unexpected
+		}
 		elem := strings.TrimSuffix(filepath.Base(f), ".exe")
 		if !ok[f] && elem != "go" && elem != "gofmt" && elem != goos+"_"+goarch {
 			fatalf("unexpected new file in $GOROOT/bin: %s", elem)