diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/attach.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/attach.dart
index ae1d8b5f618..ef72ce344c0 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/attach.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/attach.dart
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import '../fuchsia/fuchsia_device.dart';
 import '../globals_null_migrated.dart' as globals;
 import '../ios/devices.dart';
 import '../ios/simulators.dart';
+import '../macos/macos_ipad_device.dart';
 import '../mdns_discovery.dart';
 import '../project.dart';
 import '../protocol_discovery.dart';
@@ -176,6 +177,9 @@ known, it can be explicitly provided to attach via the command-line, e.g.
 
   @override
   Future<void> validateCommand() async {
+    // ARM macOS as an iOS target is hidden, except for attach.
+    MacOSDesignedForIPadDevices.allowDiscovery = true;
+
     await super.validateCommand();
     if (await findTargetDevice() == null) {
       throwToolExit(null);
@@ -262,7 +266,7 @@ known, it can be explicitly provided to attach via the command-line, e.g.
           }
           rethrow;
         }
-      } else if ((device is IOSDevice) || (device is IOSSimulator)) {
+      } else if ((device is IOSDevice) || (device is IOSSimulator) || (device is MacOSDesignedForIPadDevice)) {
         final Uri uriFromMdns =
           await MDnsObservatoryDiscovery.instance.getObservatoryUri(
             appId,
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/flutter_device_manager.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/flutter_device_manager.dart
index 10c3158c8bf..7d31a389ebb 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/flutter_device_manager.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/flutter_device_manager.dart
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import 'ios/ios_workflow.dart';
 import 'ios/simulators.dart';
 import 'linux/linux_device.dart';
 import 'macos/macos_device.dart';
+import 'macos/macos_ipad_device.dart';
 import 'macos/macos_workflow.dart';
 import 'macos/xcdevice.dart';
 import 'tester/flutter_tester.dart';
@@ -105,6 +106,14 @@ class FlutterDeviceManager extends DeviceManager {
       fileSystem: fileSystem,
       operatingSystemUtils: operatingSystemUtils,
     ),
+    MacOSDesignedForIPadDevices(
+      processManager: processManager,
+      iosWorkflow: iosWorkflow,
+      logger: logger,
+      platform: platform,
+      fileSystem: fileSystem,
+      operatingSystemUtils: operatingSystemUtils,
+    ),
     LinuxDevices(
       platform: platform,
       featureFlags: featureFlags,
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/macos/macos_ipad_device.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/macos/macos_ipad_device.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ada068b91e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/macos/macos_ipad_device.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// @dart = 2.8
+
+import 'dart:async';
+
+import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
+import 'package:process/process.dart';
+
+import '../application_package.dart';
+import '../base/file_system.dart';
+import '../base/logger.dart';
+import '../base/os.dart';
+import '../base/platform.dart';
+import '../build_info.dart';
+import '../desktop_device.dart';
+import '../device.dart';
+import '../ios/application_package.dart';
+import '../ios/ios_workflow.dart';
+import '../project.dart';
+
+/// Represents an ARM macOS target that can run iPad apps.
+///
+/// https://developer.apple.com/documentation/apple-silicon/running-your-ios-apps-on-macos
+class MacOSDesignedForIPadDevice extends DesktopDevice {
+  MacOSDesignedForIPadDevice({
+    @required ProcessManager processManager,
+    @required Logger logger,
+    @required FileSystem fileSystem,
+    @required OperatingSystemUtils operatingSystemUtils,
+  })  : _operatingSystemUtils = operatingSystemUtils,
+        super(
+          'designed-for-ipad',
+          platformType: PlatformType.macos,
+          ephemeral: false,
+          processManager: processManager,
+          logger: logger,
+          fileSystem: fileSystem,
+          operatingSystemUtils: operatingSystemUtils,
+        );
+
+  final OperatingSystemUtils _operatingSystemUtils;
+
+  @override
+  String get name => 'Mac Designed for iPad';
+
+  @override
+  Future<TargetPlatform> get targetPlatform async => TargetPlatform.darwin;
+
+  @override
+  bool isSupported() => _operatingSystemUtils.hostPlatform == HostPlatform.darwin_arm;
+
+  @override
+  bool isSupportedForProject(FlutterProject flutterProject) {
+    return flutterProject.ios.existsSync() && _operatingSystemUtils.hostPlatform == HostPlatform.darwin_arm;
+  }
+
+  @override
+  String executablePathForDevice(ApplicationPackage package, BuildMode buildMode) => null;
+
+  @override
+  Future<LaunchResult> startApp(
+    IOSApp package, {
+    String mainPath,
+    String route,
+    @required DebuggingOptions debuggingOptions,
+    Map<String, dynamic> platformArgs = const <String, dynamic>{},
+    bool prebuiltApplication = false,
+    bool ipv6 = false,
+    String userIdentifier,
+  }) async {
+    // Only attaching to a running app launched from Xcode is supported.
+    throw UnimplementedError('Building for "$name" is not supported.');
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Future<bool> stopApp(
+    IOSApp app, {
+    String userIdentifier,
+  }) async => false;
+
+  @override
+  Future<void> buildForDevice(
+    covariant IOSApp package, {
+    String mainPath,
+    BuildInfo buildInfo,
+  }) async {
+    // Only attaching to a running app launched from Xcode is supported.
+    throw UnimplementedError('Building for "$name" is not supported.');
+  }
+}
+
+class MacOSDesignedForIPadDevices extends PollingDeviceDiscovery {
+  MacOSDesignedForIPadDevices({
+    @required Platform platform,
+    @required IOSWorkflow iosWorkflow,
+    @required ProcessManager processManager,
+    @required Logger logger,
+    @required FileSystem fileSystem,
+    @required OperatingSystemUtils operatingSystemUtils,
+  })  : _logger = logger,
+        _platform = platform,
+        _iosWorkflow = iosWorkflow,
+        _processManager = processManager,
+        _fileSystem = fileSystem,
+        _operatingSystemUtils = operatingSystemUtils,
+        super('Mac designed for iPad devices');
+
+  final IOSWorkflow _iosWorkflow;
+  final Platform _platform;
+  final ProcessManager _processManager;
+  final Logger _logger;
+  final FileSystem _fileSystem;
+  final OperatingSystemUtils _operatingSystemUtils;
+
+  @override
+  bool get supportsPlatform => _platform.isMacOS;
+
+  /// iOS (not desktop macOS) development is enabled, the host is an ARM Mac,
+  /// and discovery is allowed for this command.
+  @override
+  bool get canListAnything =>
+      _iosWorkflow.canListDevices && _operatingSystemUtils.hostPlatform == HostPlatform.darwin_arm && allowDiscovery;
+
+  /// Set to show ARM macOS as an iOS device target.
+  static bool allowDiscovery = false;
+
+  @override
+  Future<List<Device>> pollingGetDevices({Duration timeout}) async {
+    if (!canListAnything) {
+      return const <Device>[];
+    }
+    return <Device>[
+      MacOSDesignedForIPadDevice(
+        processManager: _processManager,
+        logger: _logger,
+        fileSystem: _fileSystem,
+        operatingSystemUtils: _operatingSystemUtils,
+      ),
+    ];
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Future<List<String>> getDiagnostics() async => const <String>[];
+}
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/attach_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/attach_test.dart
index 39f219128b9..60385852346 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/attach_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/attach_test.dart
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import 'package:flutter_tools/src/device_port_forwarder.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/globals_null_migrated.dart' as globals;
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/ios/application_package.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/ios/devices.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/macos/macos_ipad_device.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/project.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/resident_runner.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/run_hot.dart';
@@ -58,6 +59,10 @@ final vm_service.Isolate fakeUnpausedIsolate = vm_service.Isolate(
 );
 
 void main() {
+  tearDown(() {
+    MacOSDesignedForIPadDevices.allowDiscovery = false;
+  });
+
   group('attach', () {
     StreamLogger logger;
     FileSystem testFileSystem;
@@ -410,6 +415,7 @@ void main() {
       expect(testLogger.statusText, containsIgnoringWhitespace('More than one device'));
       expect(testLogger.statusText, contains('xx1'));
       expect(testLogger.statusText, contains('yy2'));
+      expect(MacOSDesignedForIPadDevices.allowDiscovery, isTrue);
     }, overrides: <Type, Generator>{
       FileSystem: () => testFileSystem,
       ProcessManager: () => FakeProcessManager.any(),
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/macos/macos_ipad_device_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/macos/macos_ipad_device_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bc357e4ce14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/macos/macos_ipad_device_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// @dart = 2.8
+
+import 'package:file/memory.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/logger.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/os.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/platform.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/build_info.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/desktop_device.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/device.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/ios/ios_workflow.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/macos/macos_ipad_device.dart';
+import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
+import 'package:test/fake.dart';
+
+import '../../src/common.dart';
+import '../../src/context.dart';
+import '../../src/fakes.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  group('MacOSDesignedForIPadDevices', () {
+    tearDown(() {
+      MacOSDesignedForIPadDevices.allowDiscovery = false;
+    });
+
+    testWithoutContext('does not support non-macOS plaforms', () async {
+      MacOSDesignedForIPadDevices.allowDiscovery = true;
+      final MacOSDesignedForIPadDevices discoverer = MacOSDesignedForIPadDevices(
+        platform: FakePlatform(operatingSystem: 'windows'),
+        logger: BufferLogger.test(),
+        processManager: FakeProcessManager.any(),
+        fileSystem: MemoryFileSystem.test(),
+        operatingSystemUtils: FakeOperatingSystemUtils(hostPlatform: HostPlatform.darwin_arm),
+        iosWorkflow: FakeIOSWorkflow(canListDevices: true),
+      );
+
+      expect(discoverer.supportsPlatform, isFalse);
+    });
+
+    testWithoutContext('discovery not allowed', () async {
+      final MacOSDesignedForIPadDevices discoverer = MacOSDesignedForIPadDevices(
+        platform: FakePlatform(operatingSystem: 'macos'),
+        logger: BufferLogger.test(),
+        processManager: FakeProcessManager.any(),
+        fileSystem: MemoryFileSystem.test(),
+        operatingSystemUtils: FakeOperatingSystemUtils(hostPlatform: HostPlatform.darwin_arm),
+        iosWorkflow: FakeIOSWorkflow(canListDevices: true),
+      );
+      expect(discoverer.supportsPlatform, isTrue);
+
+      final List<Device> devices = await discoverer.devices;
+      expect(devices, isEmpty);
+    });
+
+    testWithoutContext('no device on x86', () async {
+      MacOSDesignedForIPadDevices.allowDiscovery = true;
+      final MacOSDesignedForIPadDevices discoverer = MacOSDesignedForIPadDevices(
+        platform: FakePlatform(operatingSystem: 'macos'),
+        logger: BufferLogger.test(),
+        processManager: FakeProcessManager.any(),
+        fileSystem: MemoryFileSystem.test(),
+        operatingSystemUtils: FakeOperatingSystemUtils(hostPlatform: HostPlatform.darwin_x64),
+        iosWorkflow: FakeIOSWorkflow(canListDevices: true),
+      );
+      expect(discoverer.supportsPlatform, isTrue);
+
+      final List<Device> devices = await discoverer.devices;
+      expect(devices, isEmpty);
+    });
+
+    testWithoutContext('no device on when iOS development off', () async {
+      MacOSDesignedForIPadDevices.allowDiscovery = true;
+      final MacOSDesignedForIPadDevices discoverer = MacOSDesignedForIPadDevices(
+        platform: FakePlatform(operatingSystem: 'macos'),
+        logger: BufferLogger.test(),
+        processManager: FakeProcessManager.any(),
+        fileSystem: MemoryFileSystem.test(),
+        operatingSystemUtils: FakeOperatingSystemUtils(hostPlatform: HostPlatform.darwin_arm),
+        iosWorkflow: FakeIOSWorkflow(canListDevices: false),
+      );
+      expect(discoverer.supportsPlatform, isTrue);
+
+      final List<Device> devices = await discoverer.devices;
+      expect(devices, isEmpty);
+    });
+
+    testWithoutContext('device discovery on arm', () async {
+      MacOSDesignedForIPadDevices.allowDiscovery = true;
+      final MacOSDesignedForIPadDevices discoverer = MacOSDesignedForIPadDevices(
+        platform: FakePlatform(operatingSystem: 'macos'),
+        logger: BufferLogger.test(),
+        processManager: FakeProcessManager.any(),
+        fileSystem: MemoryFileSystem.test(),
+        operatingSystemUtils: FakeOperatingSystemUtils(hostPlatform: HostPlatform.darwin_arm),
+        iosWorkflow: FakeIOSWorkflow(canListDevices: true),
+      );
+      expect(discoverer.supportsPlatform, isTrue);
+
+      List<Device> devices = await discoverer.devices;
+      expect(devices, hasLength(1));
+
+      final Device device = devices.single;
+      expect(device, isA<MacOSDesignedForIPadDevice>());
+      expect(device.id, 'designed-for-ipad');
+
+      // Timeout ignored.
+      devices = await discoverer.discoverDevices(timeout: const Duration(seconds: 10));
+      expect(devices, hasLength(1));
+    });
+  });
+
+  testWithoutContext('MacOSDesignedForIPadDevice properties', () async {
+    final MacOSDesignedForIPadDevice device = MacOSDesignedForIPadDevice(
+      logger: BufferLogger.test(),
+      processManager: FakeProcessManager.any(),
+      fileSystem: MemoryFileSystem.test(),
+      operatingSystemUtils: FakeOperatingSystemUtils(hostPlatform: HostPlatform.darwin_arm),
+    );
+    expect(device.id, 'designed-for-ipad');
+    expect(await device.isLocalEmulator, isFalse);
+    expect(device.name, 'Mac Designed for iPad');
+    expect(device.portForwarder, isNot(isNull));
+    expect(await device.targetPlatform, TargetPlatform.darwin);
+
+    expect(await device.installApp(null), isTrue);
+    expect(await device.isAppInstalled(null), isTrue);
+    expect(await device.isLatestBuildInstalled(null), isTrue);
+    expect(await device.uninstallApp(null), isTrue);
+
+    expect(device.isSupported(), isTrue);
+    expect(device.getLogReader(), isA<DesktopLogReader>());
+
+     expect(await device.stopApp(null), isFalse);
+
+    await expectLater(() => device.startApp(null, debuggingOptions: null), throwsA(isA<UnimplementedError>()));
+    await expectLater(() => device.buildForDevice(null), throwsA(isA<UnimplementedError>()));
+    expect(device.executablePathForDevice(null, null), null);
+  });
+}
+
+class FakeIOSWorkflow extends Fake implements IOSWorkflow {
+  FakeIOSWorkflow({@required this.canListDevices});
+
+  @override
+  final bool canListDevices;
+}