diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.5.x.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.5.x.nix
index 8c288e54cd4..163deda7ae0 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.5.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.5.x.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, bison, ncurses, openssl, readline, zlib, perl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, bison, ncurses, openssl, readline, zlib, perl
+, cctools, CoreServices }:
 
 # Note: zlib is not required; MySQL can use an internal zlib.
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   buildInputs = [ cmake bison ncurses openssl readline zlib ]
-     ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin perl;
+     ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ perl cctools CoreServices ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f8e5ecbd6a5..812f55c792b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9812,7 +9812,10 @@ let
     ps = procps; /* !!! Linux only */
   };
 
-  mysql55 = callPackage ../servers/sql/mysql/5.5.x.nix { };
+  mysql55 = callPackage ../servers/sql/mysql/5.5.x.nix {
+    inherit (darwin) cctools;
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices;
+  };
 
   mysql = mariadb;
   libmysql = mysql.lib;