diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/ImageMagick/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/ImageMagick/default.nix
index d66db51a4de..b96d1bc84f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/ImageMagick/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/ImageMagick/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 , bzip2
 , freetype
 , graphviz
-, ghostscript
+, ghostscript ? null
 , libjpeg
 , libpng
 , libtiff
@@ -27,16 +27,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0m0sa4jxsvm8pf9nfvkzlbzq13d1lj15lfz6jif12l6ywyh2c1cs";
   };
 
-  configureFlags = ''
+  configureFlags = "" + stdenv.lib.optionalString (ghostscript != null && stdenv.system != "x86_64-darwin") ''
     --with-gs-font-dir=${ghostscript}/share/ghostscript/fonts
     --with-gslib
+  '' + ''
     --with-frozenpaths
     ${if librsvg != null then "--with-rsvg" else ""}
   '';
 
   propagatedBuildInputs =
-    [ bzip2 freetype ghostscript libjpeg libpng libtiff libxml2 zlib librsvg
-    libtool jasper libX11 ];
+    [ bzip2 freetype libjpeg libpng libtiff libxml2 zlib librsvg
+    libtool jasper libX11 ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional (ghostscript != null && stdenv.system != "x86_64-darwin") ghostscript;
 
   buildInputs = [ tetex graphviz ];