diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/default.nix
index f2e1aa9663fe..5b51f5d50c99 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/default.nix
@@ -264,6 +264,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     popd
   '';
 
+  sandboxProfile = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
+    (allow mach-lookup (global-name "com.apple.coreservices.launchservicesd"))
+  '';
+
   postInstall = ''
     # Use a standard font
     mkdir -p $out/share/mpv