diff --git a/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix
index cc278d6abe5..0a028660f7f 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional cupsSupport cups;
 
   CFLAGS = "-fPIC";
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lz -rpath=${freetype}/lib";
+  NIX_LDFLAGS =
+    "-lz -rpath${ if stdenv.isDarwin then " " else "="}${freetype}/lib";
 
   patches = variant.patches ++ [ ./urw-font-files.patch ];