diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/gpac/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/gpac/default.nix
index 3aa8d879ff3d..57da5147407e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/gpac/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/gpac/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, zlib }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cctools, pkg-config, Carbon, zlib }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gpac";
@@ -13,9 +13,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   # this is the bare minimum configuration, as I'm only interested in MP4Box
   # For most other functionality, this should probably be extended
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    cctools
+  ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ zlib ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    zlib
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    Carbon
+  ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
@@ -36,6 +44,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://gpac.wp.imt.fr";
     license = licenses.lgpl21;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ bluescreen303 mgdelacroix ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 43f70ad6102d..fb361ea6dbf6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20923,7 +20923,10 @@ with pkgs;
     autoconf = buildPackages.autoconf269;
   };
 
-  gpac = callPackage ../applications/video/gpac { };
+  gpac = callPackage ../applications/video/gpac {
+    inherit (darwin) cctools;
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Carbon;
+  };
 
   gpgme = callPackage ../development/libraries/gpgme { };