diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glew/1.10.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glew/1.10.nix
index 02737143e0db..139b93c039ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glew/1.10.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glew/1.10.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, libGLU, xlibsWrapper, libXmu, libXi
-, AGL ? null
+, AGL, OpenGL
 }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "01zki46dr5khzlyywr3cg615bcal32dazfazkf360s1znqh17i4r";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ xlibsWrapper libXmu libXi ]
-              ++ optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ AGL ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libGLU ]; # GL/glew.h includes GL/glu.h
+  buildInputs = if stdenv.isDarwin then [ AGL ] else [ xlibsWrapper libXmu libXi ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = if stdenv.isDarwin then [ OpenGL ] else [ libGLU ]; # GL/glew.h includes GL/glu.h
 
   patchPhase = ''
     sed -i 's|lib64|lib|' config/Makefile.linux
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glew/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glew/default.nix
index 80a7759c5749..3b067e6d0f30 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glew/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glew/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, libGLU, xlibsWrapper, libXmu, libXi
+, OpenGL
 }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
@@ -13,8 +14,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   outputs = [ "bin" "out" "dev" "doc" ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ xlibsWrapper libXmu libXi ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libGLU ]; # GL/glew.h includes GL/glu.h
+  buildInputs = optionals (!stdenv.isDarwin) [ xlibsWrapper libXmu libXi ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = if stdenv.isDarwin then [ OpenGL ] else [ libGLU ]; # GL/glew.h includes GL/glu.h
 
   patchPhase = ''
     sed -i 's|lib64|lib|' config/Makefile.linux
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c0ae1a7581e1..a33890bc1903 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13060,9 +13060,11 @@ in
 
   gle = callPackage ../development/libraries/gle { };
 
-  glew = callPackage ../development/libraries/glew { };
+  glew = callPackage ../development/libraries/glew {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) OpenGL;
+  };
   glew110 = callPackage ../development/libraries/glew/1.10.nix {
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AGL;
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AGL OpenGL;
   };
 
   glfw = glfw3;