diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_3/default.nix
index 6544db85a7f3..9703590bd4a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_3/default.nix
@@ -211,6 +211,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       src = ../bazel_rc.patch;
       bazelSystemBazelRCPath = bazelRC;
     })
+
+    # disable suspend detection during a build inside Nix as this is
+    # not available inside the darwin sandbox
+    ../bazel_darwin_sandbox.patch
   ] ++ lib.optional enableNixHacks ../nix-hacks.patch;
 
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_4/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_4/default.nix
index 511234a1e595..99897364e6af 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_4/default.nix
@@ -246,6 +246,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       src = ../bazel_rc.patch;
       bazelSystemBazelRCPath = bazelRC;
     })
+
+    # disable suspend detection during a build inside Nix as this is
+    # not available inside the darwin sandbox
+    ../bazel_darwin_sandbox.patch
   ] ++ lib.optional enableNixHacks ../nix-hacks.patch;
 
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_5/default.nix
index 0c06d6128317..45ac1b14b17d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_5/default.nix
@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       src = ../bazel_rc.patch;
       bazelSystemBazelRCPath = bazelRC;
     })
+
+    # disable suspend detection during a build inside Nix as this is
+    # not available inside the darwin sandbox
+    ../bazel_darwin_sandbox.patch
   ] ++ lib.optional enableNixHacks ../nix-hacks.patch;
 
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_darwin_sandbox.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_darwin_sandbox.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..87e6c99287fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_darwin_sandbox.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -ru a/src/main/native/unix_jni_darwin.cc b/src/main/native/unix_jni_darwin.cc
+--- a/src/main/native/unix_jni_darwin.cc	1980-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 -0500
++++ b/src/main/native/unix_jni_darwin.cc	2021-11-27 20:35:29.000000000 -0500
+@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@
+ }
+ 
+ int portable_suspend_count() {
++  if (getenv("NIX_BUILD_TOP")) return 0;
+   static dispatch_once_t once_token;
+   static SuspendState suspend_state;
+   dispatch_once(&once_token, ^{