diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/context.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/context.py
index 5f8e0f0cd46585c..67f3993c2e9dff8 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/context.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/context.py
@@ -256,6 +256,8 @@ def get_start_method(self, allow_none=False):
     def get_all_start_methods(self):
         if sys.platform == 'win32':
             return ['spawn']
+        elif sys.platform == 'darwin':
+            return ['spawn', 'fork', 'forkserver']
         else:
             if reduction.HAVE_SEND_HANDLE:
                 return ['fork', 'spawn', 'forkserver']
diff --git a/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py b/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
index 4e48cd45e14ca74..24798a1f398ff55 100644
--- a/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
@@ -4982,6 +4982,8 @@ def test_get_all(self):
         methods = multiprocessing.get_all_start_methods()
         if sys.platform == 'win32':
             self.assertEqual(methods, ['spawn'])
+        elif sys.platform == 'darwin':
+            self.assertEqual(methods, ['spawn', 'fork', 'forkserver'])
         else:
             self.assertTrue(methods == ['fork', 'spawn'] or
                             methods == ['fork', 'spawn', 'forkserver'])
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2020-02-16-21-24-18.bpo-39244.QGqhjT.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2020-02-16-21-24-18.bpo-39244.QGqhjT.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..c7a0b485062971c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2020-02-16-21-24-18.bpo-39244.QGqhjT.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fixed default :class:`multiprocessing.context` in :func:`get_all_start_methods`
+if the context is macOS, return the default 'spawn'