diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libuv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libuv/default.nix
index 8d1d36344d7e..7f9aac48e725 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libuv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libuv/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , autoconf
 , automake
+, darwin
 , libtool
 , pkg-config
 , pkgsStatic
@@ -86,6 +87,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ automake autoconf libtool pkg-config ];
 
+  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [ darwin.libutil ];
+
   preConfigure = ''
     LIBTOOLIZE=libtoolize ./autogen.sh
   '';