diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/navi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/navi/default.nix
index 85360ff4ab0..028b5c686f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/navi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/navi/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ fetchFromGitHub, fzf, lib, makeWrapper, rustPlatform, wget }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fzf, lib, makeWrapper, rustPlatform, wget, libiconv }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "navi";
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
+  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ libiconv ];
+
   postInstall = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/navi \
       --prefix PATH : "$out/bin" \