diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/default.nix
index 9fdfa2d49d1..e3db15ca78d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { config, pkgs
+# zathura_pdf_mupdf fails to load _opj_create_decompress at runtime on Darwin (https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/61295#issue-277982980)
 , useMupdf ? config.zathura.useMupdf or (!pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin)
 , synctexSupport ? true }: