diff --git a/Sources/TSCBasic/FileSystem.swift b/Sources/TSCBasic/FileSystem.swift
index 741aa93e..dde86e7c 100644
--- a/Sources/TSCBasic/FileSystem.swift
+++ b/Sources/TSCBasic/FileSystem.swift
@@ -137,6 +137,33 @@ public enum FileMode: Sendable {
     }
 }
 
+/// Extended file system attributes that can applied to a given file path. See also ``FileSystem/hasAttribute(_:_:)``.
+public enum FileSystemAttribute: RawRepresentable {
+    #if canImport(Darwin)
+    case quarantine
+    #endif
+
+    public init?(rawValue: String) {
+        switch rawValue {
+        #if canImport(Darwin)
+        case "com.apple.quarantine":
+            self = .quarantine
+        #endif
+        default:
+            return nil
+        }
+    }
+
+    public var rawValue: String {
+        switch self {
+        #if canImport(Darwin)
+        case .quarantine:
+            return "com.apple.quarantine"
+        #endif
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 // FIXME: Design an asynchronous story?
 //
 /// Abstracted access to file system operations.
@@ -168,6 +195,13 @@ public protocol FileSystem: AnyObject {
     /// Check whether the given path is accessible and writable.
     func isWritable(_ path: AbsolutePath) -> Bool
 
+    @available(*, deprecated, message: "use `hasAttribute(_:_:)` instead")
+    func hasQuarantineAttribute(_ path: AbsolutePath) -> Bool
+
+    /// Returns `true` if a given path has an attribute with a given name applied when file system supports this
+    /// attribute. Returns `false` if such attribute is not applied or it isn't supported.
+    func hasAttribute(_ name: FileSystemAttribute, _ path: AbsolutePath) -> Bool
+
     // FIXME: Actual file system interfaces will allow more efficient access to
     // more data than just the name here.
     //
@@ -293,6 +327,10 @@ public extension FileSystem {
     func withLock<T>(on path: AbsolutePath, type: FileLock.LockType, _ body: () throws -> T) throws -> T {
         throw FileSystemError(.unsupported, path)
     }
+
+    func hasQuarantineAttribute(_ path: AbsolutePath) -> Bool { false }
+
+    func hasAttribute(_ name: FileSystemAttribute, _ path: AbsolutePath) -> Bool { false }
 }
 
 /// Concrete FileSystem implementation which communicates with the local file system.
@@ -342,6 +380,16 @@ private class LocalFileSystem: FileSystem {
         return FileInfo(attrs)
     }
 
+    func hasAttribute(_ name: FileSystemAttribute, _ path: AbsolutePath) -> Bool {
+#if canImport(Darwin)
+        let bufLength = getxattr(path.pathString, name.rawValue, nil, 0, 0, 0)
+
+        return bufLength > 0
+#else
+        return false
+#endif
+    }
+
     var currentWorkingDirectory: AbsolutePath? {
         let cwdStr = FileManager.default.currentDirectoryPath
 
diff --git a/Tests/TSCBasicTests/FileSystemTests.swift b/Tests/TSCBasicTests/FileSystemTests.swift
index 8fc62006..8c3e8ad2 100644
--- a/Tests/TSCBasicTests/FileSystemTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/TSCBasicTests/FileSystemTests.swift
@@ -860,6 +860,19 @@ class FileSystemTests: XCTestCase {
         try _testFileSystemFileLock(fileSystem: fs, fileA: fileA, fileB: fileB, lockFile: lockFile)
     }
 
+#if canImport(Darwin)
+    func testHasAttribute() throws {
+        try withTemporaryDirectory(removeTreeOnDeinit: true) { tempDir in
+            let filePath = tempDir.appending(component: "quarantined")
+            try localFileSystem.writeFileContents(filePath, bytes: "")
+            try Process.checkNonZeroExit(args: "xattr", "-w", FileSystemAttribute.quarantine.rawValue, "foo", filePath.pathString)
+            XCTAssertTrue(localFileSystem.hasAttribute(.quarantine, filePath))
+            try Process.checkNonZeroExit(args: "xattr", "-d", FileSystemAttribute.quarantine.rawValue, filePath.pathString)
+            XCTAssertFalse(localFileSystem.hasAttribute(.quarantine, filePath))
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+
     private func _testFileSystemFileLock(fileSystem fs: FileSystem, fileA: AbsolutePath, fileB: AbsolutePath, lockFile: AbsolutePath) throws {
         // write initial value, since reader may start before writers and files would not exist
         try fs.writeFileContents(fileA, bytes: "0")