diff --git a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/video/default.nix b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/video/default.nix
index 8467da98be99..57868e83f55e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/video/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/video/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { buildOctavePackage
+, stdenv
 , lib
 , fetchurl
 , pkg-config
@@ -27,5 +28,7 @@ buildOctavePackage rec {
     license = with licenses; [ gpl3Plus bsd3 ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ KarlJoad ];
     description = "Wrapper for OpenCV's CvCapture_FFMPEG and CvVideoWriter_FFMPEG";
+    # error: declaration of 'panic' has a different language linkage
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
   };
 }