diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libstatgrab/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libstatgrab/default.nix
index 8ffb8f8bde9..036bb806f68 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libstatgrab/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libstatgrab/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl
+, IOKit ? null }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libstatgrab-0.91";
@@ -8,6 +9,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1azinx2yzs442ycwq6p15skl3mscmqj7fd5hq7fckhjp92735s83";
   };
 
+  buildInputs = [] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin IOKit;
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://www.i-scream.org/libstatgrab/;
     description = "A library that provides cross platforms access to statistics about the running system";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d0c6aefe54b..16f4053051b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8489,7 +8489,9 @@ in
 
   libspatialite = callPackage ../development/libraries/libspatialite { };
 
-  libstatgrab = callPackage ../development/libraries/libstatgrab { };
+  libstatgrab = callPackage ../development/libraries/libstatgrab {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) IOKit;
+  };
 
   libsvm = callPackage ../development/libraries/libsvm { };