diff --git a/pkgs/games/shattered-pixel-dungeon/default.nix b/pkgs/games/shattered-pixel-dungeon/default.nix
index 50aca1671f9..c49daa3b69a 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/shattered-pixel-dungeon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/shattered-pixel-dungeon/default.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ let
     nativeBuildInputs = [ gradle_5 perl ];
     buildPhase = ''
       export GRADLE_USER_HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+      # https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/4426
+      ${stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "export TERM=dumb"}
       gradle --no-daemon desktop:release
     '';
     # perl code mavenizes pathes (com.squareup.okio/okio/1.13.0/a9283170b7305c8d92d25aff02a6ab7e45d06cbe/okio-1.13.0.jar -> com/squareup/okio/okio/1.13.0/okio-1.13.0.jar)
@@ -54,6 +56,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildPhase = ''
     export GRADLE_USER_HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+    # https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/4426
+    ${stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "export TERM=dumb"}
     # point to offline repo
     sed -ie "s#repositories {#repositories { maven { url '${deps}' };#g" build.gradle
     gradle --offline --no-daemon desktop:release
@@ -78,6 +82,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fgaz ];
     platforms = platforms.all;
+    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/99885#issuecomment-740065005
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
   };
 }