diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
index 523210b93b80..f1505d45f4f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
@@ -357,6 +357,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ]
   ++ lib.optionals withNS [
     librsvg
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals (variant == "macport") [
+    librsvg
   ];
 
   # Emacs needs to find movemail at run time, see info (emacs) Movemail