diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rtags/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rtags/default.nix
index 959681c7e1a..e0475bdad76 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/rtags/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rtags/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit, cmake, llvmPackages, openssl, writeScript, bash, emacs }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchgit, cmake, llvmPackages, openssl, writeScript, apple_sdk, bash, emacs }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "rtags-${version}";
   version = "2.3";
 
-  buildInputs = [ cmake llvmPackages.llvm openssl llvmPackages.clang emacs ];
+  buildInputs = [ cmake llvmPackages.llvm openssl llvmPackages.clang emacs ]
+    ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin apple_sdk.sdk;
 
   preConfigure = ''
-    export LIBCLANG_CXXFLAGS="-isystem ${llvmPackages.clang.cc}/include $(llvm-config --cxxflags)" \
-           LIBCLANG_LIBDIR="${llvmPackages.clang.cc}/lib"
+    export LIBCLANG_CXXFLAGS="-isystem ${llvmPackages.clang.cc}/include $(llvm-config --cxxflags) " \
+
+           LIBCLANG_LIBDIR="${llvmPackages.clang.cc}/lib" \
+
+  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    export CXXFLAGS="-isysroot ${apple_sdk.sdk}/" \
+           MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET="10.9"
   '';
 
   src = fetchgit {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a38f1c00ffb..db1ef6faca0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5130,7 +5130,9 @@ in
 
   rgbds = callPackage ../development/compilers/rgbds { };
 
-  rtags = callPackage ../development/tools/rtags/default.nix {};
+  rtags = callPackage ../development/tools/rtags/default.nix {
+    inherit (darwin) apple_sdk;
+  };
 
   rust = rustStable;
   rustStable = callPackage ../development/compilers/rust {};