diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gh/ghc_filesystem/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gh/ghc_filesystem/package.nix
index d8faf639baea..03e51ec62f26 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gh/ghc_filesystem/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gh/ghc_filesystem/package.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, cmake, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ stdenv, lib, apple-sdk_11, cmake, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "filesystem";
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
+  buildInputs = lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin apple-sdk_11;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "header-only single-file C++ std::filesystem compatible helper library";
     homepage = "https://github.com/gulrak/filesystem";