diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nv/nvi/macports-patches.nix b/pkgs/by-name/nv/nvi/macports-patches.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..501a74b4e8da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nv/nvi/macports-patches.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+let
+  url = "https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/raw/abae7e550897dc13b7a48763a7a022b709d8793f/editors/nvi/files";
+  hashes = {
+    "dynamic_lookup-11.patch" = "sha256-eXLSMUtslSXLYd1HZRD6pfqcYMIA3EtixWL1yvx4ook=";
+    "patch-common_key.h.diff" = "sha256-AAO/2lHpmFJMYb9fyQrWnGPaJYLdwhrp87tbHu5hr/k=";
+    "patch-dist_port.h.in.diff" = "sha256-GPKgIm9pDGtN6CNqbX3+hANkZbYFql5K5JyjCr5TIKI=";
+    "patch-ex_script.c.diff" = "sha256-IUuJ7b6A5O3q6qQCwZsrc9Bt1LpjU3DgxHTwtMp16Qc=";
+    "patch-includes.diff" = "sha256-j3V4LmcJEFqnTlTHFZFd8NtycEa+GKM+ZIUwZHjq15w=";
+  };
+in
+builtins.attrValues (
+  builtins.mapAttrs (n: v: {
+    url = "${url}/${n}";
+    hash = v;
+    extraPrefix = "";
+  }) hashes
+)
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nv/nvi/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/nv/nvi/package.nix
index 645990b7669c..48b381611940 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/nv/nvi/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nv/nvi/package.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   fetchpatch,
   ncurses,
   db,
+  libiconv,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -13,31 +14,54 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/nvi/nvi_${version}.orig.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "13cp9iz017bk6ryi05jn7drbv7a5dyr201zqd3r4r8srj644ihwb";
+    hash = "sha256-i8NIiJFZo0zyaPgHILJvRZ29cjtWFhB9NnOdAH5Ml40=";
   };
 
   patches =
     # Apply patches from debian package
-    map fetchurl (import ./debian-patches.nix);
+    (map fetchurl (import ./debian-patches.nix))
+    ++
+      # Also select patches from macports
+      # They don't interfere with Linux build
+      # https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/tree/master/editors/nvi/files
+      (map fetchpatch (import ./macports-patches.nix));
 
   buildInputs = [
     ncurses
     db
-  ];
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [ libiconv ];
 
   preConfigure = ''
     cd build.unix
   '';
+
   configureScript = "../dist/configure";
+
   configureFlags = [
     "vi_cv_path_preserve=/tmp"
     "--enable-widechar"
   ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  env.NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin "-liconv";
+
+  meta = {
     description = "Berkeley Vi Editor";
-    license = licenses.free;
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin; # never built on Hydra https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixpkgs/trunk/nvi.x86_64-darwin
+    longDescription = ''
+      nvi ("new vi") is a re-implementation of the
+      classic Berkeley text editor vi, written by
+      Keith Bostic at UC Berkeley for 4BSD. Created
+      to replace Unix-derived code in BSD, it provides
+      a clean, unencumbered version of the original
+      editor and is the default vi on all major BSD
+      systems as well as MINIX.
+    '';
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+    mainProgram = "vi";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      suominen
+      aleksana
+    ];
   };
 }