diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/kitty/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/kitty/default.nix
index 7647f6d627f7..d79ce43bdff6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/kitty/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/kitty/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   librsync,
   installShellFiles,
   dbus,
+  darwin,
   Cocoa,
   CoreGraphics,
   Foundation,
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     libpng
     python3
     zlib
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.isDarwin && (builtins.hasAttr "UserNotifications" darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks)) [
+    darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.UserNotifications
   ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
     fontconfig libunistring libcanberra libX11
     libXrandr libXinerama libXcursor libxkbcommon libXi libXext