diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xercesc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xercesc/default.nix
index f5c9ba8a698b..7ea79a629245 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xercesc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xercesc/default.nix
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/;
     description = "Validating XML parser written in a portable subset of C++";
     license = "ASL2.0";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux ++ stdenv.lib.platforms.darwin;
   };
 }