diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/libresolv/meson.build.in b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/libresolv/meson.build.in
index 6a7c523a164c..2d96b556bbc8 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/libresolv/meson.build.in
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/libresolv/meson.build.in
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 
 # Project settings
 project('libresolv', 'c', version : '@version@')
+add_project_arguments(
+    '-DCOMMON_DIGEST_FOR_RFC_1321', # To enable legacy `MD5` APIs in CommonCrypto.
+    # This is not defined automatically by Clang. Not having them defined causes compilation failures.
+    '-DTARGET_OS_BRIDGE=0',
+    language : 'c',
+)
 
 
 # Dependencies
@@ -46,10 +52,12 @@ libresolv = library(
     soversion : '9'
 )
 install_headers(
+    'arpa/nameser_compat.h',
     'dns.h',
     'dns_util.h',
     'nameser.h',
     'resolv.h',
+    preserve_path : true,
 )
 install_man(
     'resolver.3',
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/libresolv/package.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/libresolv/package.nix
index 158317c22c80..9e63efb55228 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/libresolv/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/libresolv/package.nix
@@ -2,14 +2,31 @@
   lib,
   apple-sdk,
   mkAppleDerivation,
+  stdenvNoCC,
 }:
 
 let
   configd = apple-sdk.sourceRelease "configd";
+  dyld = apple-sdk.sourceRelease "dyld";
   Libinfo = apple-sdk.sourceRelease "Libinfo";
+  Libnotify = apple-sdk.sourceRelease "Libnotify";
+  xnu = apple-sdk.sourceRelease "xnu";
 
   # `arpa/nameser_compat.h` is included in the Libc source release instead of libresolv.
   Libc = apple-sdk.sourceRelease "Libc";
+
+  privateHeaders = stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
+    name = "libresolv-deps-private-headers";
+
+    buildCommand = ''
+      install -D -t "$out/include/mach-o" \
+        '${dyld}/include/mach-o/dyld_priv.h'
+
+      substituteInPlace "$out/include/mach-o/dyld_priv.h" \
+        --replace-fail ', bridgeos(3.0)' "" \
+        --replace-fail '//@VERSION_DEFS@' 'const dyld_build_version_t dyld_2024_SU_E_os_versions = { 1 /* macOS */, 150400 };'
+    '';
+  };
 in
 mkAppleDerivation {
   releaseName = "libresolv";
@@ -20,19 +37,18 @@ mkAppleDerivation {
     "man"
   ];
 
-  xcodeHash = "sha256-yHNa6cpI3T4R/iakeHmL6S/c9p+VpYR4fudv2UXUpnY=";
-
-  postUnpack = ''
-    mkdir -p "$sourceRoot/arpa"
-    ln -s "$NIX_BUILD_TOP/$sourceRoot/nameser.h" "$sourceRoot/arpa/nameser.h"
+  postPatch = ''
+    mkdir arpa
+    cp ${Libc}/include/arpa/nameser_compat.h arpa/nameser_compat.h
+    cp nameser.h arpa
   '';
 
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${configd}/dnsinfo -I${Libinfo}/lookup.subproj";
+  xcodeHash = "sha256-yHNa6cpI3T4R/iakeHmL6S/c9p+VpYR4fudv2UXUpnY=";
+
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${privateHeaders}/include -I${configd}/dnsinfo -I${Libinfo}/lookup.subproj -I${Libnotify}";
 
   postInstall = ''
-    mkdir -p "$out/include/arpa"
-    ln -s ../nameser.h "$out/include/arpa"
-    cp ${Libc}/include/arpa/nameser_compat.h "$out/include/arpa"
+    ln -s ../nameser.h "''${!outputDev}/include/arpa"
   '';
 
   meta = {