diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/antlr/2.7.7.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/antlr/2.7.7.nix
index b7437d70bf80..a47918f4354b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/antlr/2.7.7.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/antlr/2.7.7.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   patches = [ ./2.7.7-fixes.patch ];
   buildInputs = [ jdk ];
 
+  CXXFLAGS = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-D_LIBCPP_ENABLE_CXX17_REMOVED_UNARY_BINARY_FUNCTION";
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Powerful parser generator";
     longDescription = ''