diff --git a/platform-specific/turnoff_darwin b/platform-specific/turnoff_darwin
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diff --git a/platform-specific/turnoff_darwin.c b/platform-specific/turnoff_darwin.c
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+++ b/platform-specific/turnoff_darwin.c
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#include <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
+#include <IOKit/IOKitLib.h>
+
+/* Returns 0 on success and 1 on failure. */
+int main(void) {
+    io_registry_entry_t reg = IORegistryEntryFromPath(kIOMasterPortDefault, "IOService:/IOResources/IODisplayWrangler");
+    if (reg) {
+        IORegistryEntrySetCFProperty(reg, CFSTR("IORequestIdle"), kCFBooleanTrue);
+        IOObjectRelease(reg);
+    } else {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/turnoff.py b/turnoff.py
index 2e1b0ce..df62c27 100644
--- a/turnoff.py
+++ b/turnoff.py
@@ -7,4 +7,7 @@
 	import win32gui
 	import win32con
 	SC_MONITORPOWER = 0xF170
-	win32gui.SendMessage(win32con.HWND_BROADCAST, win32con.WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER, 2)
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+	win32gui.SendMessage(win32con.HWND_BROADCAST, win32con.WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER, 2)
+elif sys.platform.startswith('darwin'):
+       import subprocess
+        subprocess.call('echo \'tell application "Finder" to sleep\' | osascript', shell=True)