diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix
index 5bed153dcf8..96c85704f5e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ let
 
       enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-      buildInputs = [ flex bison pkgconfig systemd ];
+      buildInputs = [ flex bison pkgconfig ]
+        ++ lib.optional stdenv.isLinux systemd;
 
       configureFlags = [
         "EXTENSION_DIR=$(out)/lib/php/extensions"