diff --git a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
index 4da9bf075840..4fdf10261125 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ let
     bbl = with pkgs; [ gsl ];
     diffHic = with pkgs; [ xz.dev bzip2.dev ];
     writexl = with pkgs; [ zlib.dev ];
-    xslt = with pkgs; [ libxslt libxml2 ];
+    xslt = with pkgs; [ libxslt libxml2 ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [ xz ];
     qpdf = with pkgs; [ libjpeg.dev zlib.dev ];
     vcfR = with pkgs; [ zlib.dev ];
     bio3d = with pkgs; [ zlib.dev ];