diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/luaformatter/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/luaformatter/default.nix
index eb8b5a799ce1..164bfb403c7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/luaformatter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/luaformatter/default.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ antlr4.runtime.cpp yaml-cpp ];
 
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString (
+    stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.isx86_64
+  ) "-D_LIBCPP_HAS_NO_LIBRARY_ALIGNED_ALLOCATION=1";
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Code formatter for Lua";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Koihik/LuaFormatter";