diff --git a/.config/yadm/bootstrap b/.config/yadm/bootstrap
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8955641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/yadm/bootstrap
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Save this file as ~/.config/yadm/bootstrap and make it executable. It will
+# execute all executable files (excluding templates and editor backups) in the
+# ~/.config/yadm/bootstrap.d directory when run.
+
+set -eu
+
+# Directory to look for bootstrap executables in
+BOOTSTRAP_D="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}.d"
+
+if [[ ! -d "$BOOTSTRAP_D" ]]; then
+    echo "Error: bootstrap directory '$BOOTSTRAP_D' not found" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+find -L "$BOOTSTRAP_D" -type f | sort | while IFS= read -r bootstrap; do
+    if [[ -x "$bootstrap" && ! "$bootstrap" =~ "##" && ! "$bootstrap" =~ "~$" ]]; then
+        if ! "$bootstrap"; then
+            echo "Error: bootstrap '$bootstrap' failed" >&2
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+done
diff --git a/.config/yadm/bootstrap.d/001_homebrew b/.config/yadm/bootstrap.d/001_homebrew
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ef6a23a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/yadm/bootstrap.d/001_homebrew
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+system_type=$(uname -s)
+
+if [ "$system_type" = "Darwin" ]; then
+
+  # install homebrew if it's missing
+  if ! command -v brew >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "Installing homebrew"
+    /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
+  fi
+
+  if [ -f "$HOME/.Brewfile" ]; then
+    echo "Updating homebrew bundle"
+    brew bundle --global
+  fi
+
+fi