diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/tu/tup/fuse_fs.patch b/pkgs/by-name/tu/tup/fuse_fs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c0191b4429a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/tu/tup/fuse_fs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/src/tup/server/fuse_fs.c b/src/tup/server/fuse_fs.c
+index cd121630..5adf6f5f 100644
+--- a/src/tup/server/fuse_fs.c
++++ b/src/tup/server/fuse_fs.c
+@@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ static void *tup_fs_init(struct fuse_conn_info *conn, struct fuse_config *cfg)
+ static void *tup_fs_init(struct fuse_conn_info *conn)
+ #endif
+ {
+-	(void) conn;
++	conn->want = conn->want & ~FUSE_CAP_READDIRPLUS;
+ #ifdef FUSE3
+ 	(void) cfg;
+ #endif
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/tu/tup/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/tu/tup/package.nix
index 88d66c069e4b..5d636c0b2db6 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/tu/tup/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/tu/tup/package.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sqlite
   ];
 
-  patches = [ ./fusermount-setuid.patch ];
+  patches = [
+    ./fusermount-setuid.patch
+    ./fuse_fs.patch
+  ];
 
   configurePhase = ''
     substituteInPlace  src/tup/link.sh --replace-fail '`git describe' '`echo ${version}'
@@ -95,5 +98,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ehmry ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
+    broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin;
   };
 }