diff --git a/src/gui/macOS/fileprovidersettingscontroller.h b/src/gui/macOS/fileprovidersettingscontroller.h
index 699c95b23097..72d983144ce9 100644
--- a/src/gui/macOS/fileprovidersettingscontroller.h
+++ b/src/gui/macOS/fileprovidersettingscontroller.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ public slots:
     void setVfsEnabledForAccount(const QString &userIdAtHost, const bool setEnabled);
 
     void createEvictionWindowForAccount(const QString &userIdAtHost);
+    void createDebugArchive(const QString &userIdAtHost);
 
 signals:
     void vfsEnabledAccountsChanged();
diff --git a/src/gui/macOS/fileprovidersettingscontroller_mac.mm b/src/gui/macOS/fileprovidersettingscontroller_mac.mm
index 330af35cd366..a1beaca8630f 100644
--- a/src/gui/macOS/fileprovidersettingscontroller_mac.mm
+++ b/src/gui/macOS/fileprovidersettingscontroller_mac.mm
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@
 
 #include "fileprovidersettingscontroller.h"
 
+#include <QFileDialog>
 #include <QQmlApplicationEngine>
 
 #include "gui/systray.h"
 #include "gui/userinfo.h"
+#include "gui/macOS/fileprovider.h"
 #include "gui/macOS/fileprovideritemmetadata.h"
 #include "gui/macOS/fileprovidermaterialiseditemsmodel.h"
 
@@ -403,6 +405,20 @@ void initialCheck()
     dialog->show();
 }
 
+void FileProviderSettingsController::createDebugArchive(const QString &userIdAtHost)
+{
+    const auto filename = QFileDialog::getSaveFileName(nullptr,
+                                                       tr("Create Debug Archive"),
+                                                       {},
+                                                       tr("Zip Archives") + " (*.zip)");
+    if (filename.isEmpty()) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const auto message = QString(QStringLiteral("CREATE_DEBUG_ARCHIVE") + "~" + filename);
+    FileProvider::instance()->sendMessageToDomain(userIdAtHost, message);
+}
+
 } // namespace Mac
 
 } // namespace OCC