diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/language-servers/lua-language-server/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/language-servers/lua-language-server/default.nix
index ca378f0a8b42..17dd2019c813 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/language-servers/lua-language-server/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/language-servers/lua-language-server/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ninja, makeWrapper, CoreFoundation, Foundation }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ninja, makeWrapper, CoreFoundation, Foundation, ditto }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "lua-language-server";
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
     CoreFoundation
     Foundation
+    ditto
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2185766a0923..e19ae6f1ea3c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18169,6 +18169,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   lua-language-server = darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.callPackage ../development/tools/language-servers/lua-language-server {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.frameworks) CoreFoundation Foundation;
+    inherit (darwin) ditto;
   };
 
   metals = callPackage ../development/tools/language-servers/metals { };