diff --git a/pkgs/shells/yash/default.nix b/pkgs/shells/yash/default.nix
index b30f03b7e663..4957c657b86d 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/yash/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/yash/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   strictDeps = true;
   nativeBuildInputs = [ asciidoc gettext ];
-  buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ gettext ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://yash.osdn.jp/index.html.en";