diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/mg/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/mg/default.nix
index 121d62219db0..70f5dd604296 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/mg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/mg/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, ncurses, buildPackages }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, ncurses, buildPackages, darwin }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "mg";
   version = "7.3-unstable-2024-06-04";
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin [ darwin.libutil ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Micro GNU/emacs, a portable version of the mg maintained by the OpenBSD team";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/surelog/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/surelog/default.nix
index 0d795611b95a..595a3e168040 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/surelog/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/surelog/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 , antlr4
 , capnproto
 , nlohmann_json
+, darwin
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     capnproto
     antlr4.runtime.cpp
     nlohmann_json
-  ];
+  ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin [ darwin.libutil ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DSURELOG_USE_HOST_CAPNP=On"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/uhdm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/uhdm/default.nix
index 72b55ffbcd7a..eb078d482732 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/uhdm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/uhdm/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 , python3
 , capnproto
 , gtest
+, darwin
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   buildInputs = [
     capnproto
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    darwin.libutil
   ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/fnc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/fnc/default.nix
index b0bae95ba9d1..293fb563af60 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/fnc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/fnc/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, fetchurl, stdenv, zlib, ncurses, libiconv }:
+{ lib, fetchurl, stdenv, zlib, ncurses, libiconv, darwin }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "fnc";
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-npS+sOxF0S/9TuFjtEFlev0HpIOsaP6zmcfopPNUehk=";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ libiconv ncurses zlib ];
+  buildInputs = [ libiconv ncurses zlib ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    darwin.libutil
+  ];
 
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/abduco/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/abduco/default.nix
index eef5fe0df344..1f454d40bc85 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/abduco/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/abduco/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchpatch, fetchzip, writeText, conf ? null }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchpatch, fetchzip, writeText, darwin, conf ? null }:
 
 let
   rev = "8c32909a159aaa9484c82b71f05b7a73321eb491";
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   installFlags = [ "install-completion" ];
   CFLAGS = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin "-D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE";
 
+  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    darwin.libutil
+  ];
+
   patches = [
     # https://github.com/martanne/abduco/pull/22
     (fetchpatch {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/mtm/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/mtm/default.nix
index 8ecbc087894b..97d2c72d52be 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/mtm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/mtm/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ncurses }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ncurses, darwin }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mtm";
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0gibrvah059z37jvn1qs4b6kvd4ivk2mfihmcpgx1vz6yg70zghv";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ darwin.libutil ];
 
   makeFlags = [ "DESTDIR=${placeholder "out"}" "MANDIR=${placeholder "out"}/share/man/man1" ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/eternal-terminal/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/eternal-terminal/default.nix
index 7a48cbe77529..c580d02a794f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/eternal-terminal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/eternal-terminal/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 , protobuf
 , zlib
 , catch2
+, darwin
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     openssl
     protobuf
     zlib
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    darwin.libutil
   ];
 
   preBuild = ''