diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/redis/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/redis/default.nix
index e2e111a81fb..c6c641b1491 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/redis/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/redis/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
 
+  patches = if stdenv.isDarwin then [ ./darwin.patch ] else [];
   meta = {
     homepage = http://redis.io;
     description = "An open source, advanced key-value store";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 07c8e3d5701..84ca19b55dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5471,7 +5471,12 @@ let
 
   radius = callPackage ../servers/radius { };
 
-  redis = callPackage ../servers/nosql/redis { };
+  redis = callPackage ../servers/nosql/redis {
+    stdenv =
+      if stdenv.isDarwin
+      then overrideGCC stdenv gccApple
+      else stdenv;
+  };
 
   redstore = callPackage ../servers/http/redstore { };