diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/afuse/001-darwin-fdatasync.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/afuse/001-darwin-fdatasync.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6a576c3a01a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/afuse/001-darwin-fdatasync.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index ef07d70..2da26aa 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ if test "$have_fuse_opt_parse" = no; then
+ fi
+ AM_CONDITIONAL(FUSE_OPT_COMPAT, test "$have_fuse_opt_parse" = no)
+
+
+-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([setxattr fdatasync getline fgetln])
++AC_CHECK_FUNCS([setxattr getline fgetln])
+
+ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
+                  src/Makefile
+                  compat/Makefile])
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/afuse/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/afuse/default.nix
index 33d950b76cd6..81b168a4712e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/afuse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/afuse/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, autoreconfHook, fuse }:
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  pkg-config,
+  autoreconfHook,
+  fuse,
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "afuse";
@@ -11,12 +18,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-KpysJRvDx+12BSl9pIGRqbJAM4W1NbzxMgDycGCr2RM=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
   buildInputs = [ fuse ];
 
+  patches = [ ./001-darwin-fdatasync.patch ];
+
   postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
     # Fix the build on macOS with macFUSE installed
-    substituteInPlace configure.ac --replace \
+    substituteInPlace configure.ac --replace-fail \
       'export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH' \
       ""
   '';