diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
index 025a295d5e9a..9aa0c637d2b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 , sigtool
 , makeWrapper, removeReferencesTo
 , attr, libcap, libcap_ng, socat, libslirp
-, apple-sdk_13, rez, setfile
+, apple-sdk_13, darwinMinVersionHook, rez, setfile
 , guestAgentSupport ? (with stdenv.hostPlatform; isLinux || isNetBSD || isOpenBSD || isSunOS || isWindows) && !minimal
 , numaSupport ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch32 && !minimal, numactl
 , seccompSupport ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && !minimal, libseccomp
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ assert lib.assertMsg (xenSupport -> hostCpuTargets == [ "i386-softmmu" ]) "Xen s
 
 let
   hexagonSupport = hostCpuTargets == null || lib.elem "hexagon" hostCpuTargets;
+
+  # needed in buildInputs and depsBuildBuild
+  # check log for warnings eg: `warning: 'hv_vm_config_get_max_ipa_size' is only available on macOS 13.0`
+  # to indicate if min version needs to get bumped.
+  darwinSDK = [ apple-sdk_13 (darwinMinVersionHook "13") ];
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -73,6 +78,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.buildPlatform.isDarwin darwinSDK
     ++ lib.optionals hexagonSupport [ pkg-config ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -92,7 +98,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ++ lib.optionals (!minimal) [ dtc pixman vde2 lzo snappy libtasn1 gnutls nettle libslirp ]
     ++ lib.optionals (!userOnly) [ curl ]
     ++ lib.optionals ncursesSupport [ ncurses ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [ apple-sdk_13 ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin darwinSDK
     ++ lib.optionals seccompSupport [ libseccomp ]
     ++ lib.optionals numaSupport [ numactl ]
     ++ lib.optionals alsaSupport [ alsa-lib ]