diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/graalvm/community-edition/repository.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/graalvm/community-edition/repository.nix
index 615926b52eee..b532fe8cb5d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/graalvm/community-edition/repository.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/graalvm/community-edition/repository.nix
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ let
         ${copyClibrariesToLib}
       '';
       "11-darwin-amd64" = ''
+        # create empty $lib/lib to avoid breaking builds
+        mkdir -p $lib/lib
         ${nativePRNGWorkaround "$out/conf/security/java.security"}
       '';
     }.${javaVersionPlatform} + ''