diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ta/taisei/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ta/taisei/package.nix
index cf60561951d0..76230234dad5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ta/taisei/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ta/taisei/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+
   # Build depends
   docutils,
   meson,
@@ -13,10 +14,14 @@
   gamemode,
   shaderc,
   makeWrapper,
+  cmake,
+  mimalloc,
+  glslang,
+  libogg,
+  makeBinaryWrapper,
+
   # Runtime depends
-  glfw,
   sdl3,
-  SDL2_mixer,
   cglm,
   freetype,
   libpng,
@@ -24,10 +29,10 @@
   zlib,
   zstd,
   spirv-cross,
-  mimalloc,
 
   gamemodeSupport ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux,
 }:
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "taisei";
   version = "1.4.4";
@@ -49,12 +54,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     python3Packages.zstandard
     shaderc
     makeWrapper
+    makeBinaryWrapper
+    cmake
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    glfw
     sdl3
-    SDL2_mixer
     cglm
     freetype
     libpng
@@ -63,30 +68,48 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     zstd
     opusfile
     openssl
-    spirv-cross
     mimalloc
+    libogg
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    glslang
+    spirv-cross
   ]
   ++ lib.optional gamemodeSupport gamemode;
 
+  # Forced to use builtin-sincos because the symbol isn't available otherwise
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin " -Dsincos=__builtin_sincos";
+
   mesonFlags = [
-    (lib.mesonBool "b_lto" false)
-    (lib.mesonEnable "install_macos_bundle" false)
-    (lib.mesonEnable "install_relocatable" false)
-    (lib.mesonEnable "shader_transpiler" false)
-    (lib.mesonEnable "shader_transpiler_dxbc" false)
-    (lib.mesonEnable "gamemode" gamemodeSupport)
-    (lib.mesonEnable "package_data" false)
     (lib.mesonEnable "vfs_zip" false)
+    (lib.mesonEnable "shader_transpiler_dxbc" false)
+    (lib.mesonEnable "package_data" false)
+    (lib.mesonBool "b_lto" false)
+    (lib.mesonEnable "gamemode" gamemodeSupport)
+    (lib.mesonEnable "install_freedesktop" stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux)
+    (lib.mesonEnable "install_macos_bundle" stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin)
+    (lib.mesonEnable "install_relocatable" stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin)
+    (lib.mesonEnable "shader_transpiler" stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin)
   ];
 
   preConfigure = ''
     patchShebangs .
   '';
 
-  postInstall = lib.optionalString gamemodeSupport ''
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/taisei \
-      --set LD_LIBRARY_PATH ${lib.makeLibraryPath [ gamemode ]}
-  '';
+  postInstall =
+    lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && gamemodeSupport) ''
+      wrapProgram $out/bin/taisei \
+        --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${lib.makeLibraryPath [ gamemode ]}"
+    ''
+    +
+
+      lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
+        mkdir -p $out/Applications $out/bin
+
+        mv $out/Taisei.app $out/Applications/
+        # regular symlink will fail here due to resources being missed
+        makeBinaryWrapper $out/Applications/Taisei.app/Contents/MacOS/Taisei $out/bin/taisei
+      '';
 
   strictDeps = true;
 
@@ -106,7 +129,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       lambda-11235
       Gliczy
+      philocalyst
     ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+    changelog = "https://github.com/taisei-project/taisei/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
   };
 })