diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/chibi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/chibi/default.nix
index 4a8b639071ab..f6aeeb7fc489 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/chibi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/chibi/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   fixupPhase = ''
     wrapProgram "$out/bin/chibi-scheme" \
-      --prefix CHIBI_MODULE_PATH : "$out/share/chibi:$out/lib/chibi"
+      --prefix CHIBI_MODULE_PATH : "$out/share/chibi:$out/lib/chibi" \
+      ${lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "--prefix DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH : $out/lib"}
 
     for f in chibi-doc chibi-ffi snow-chibi; do
       substituteInPlace "$out/bin/$f" \