diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.5/default.nix
index d689fdeee4c..2d85a52a2e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.5/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 , zlib
 , callPackage
 , self
+
+, CF, configd
 }:
 
 assert readline != null -> ncurses != null;
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pythonVersion = majorVersion;
   inherit majorVersion version;
 
+  buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ CF configd ];
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.python.org/ftp/python/${version}/Python-${fullVersion}.tar.xz";
     sha256 = "14dywb94mci0kqbsji9riyyq8kx0h9ljdjjgxnkfrvm56hbammyn";
@@ -40,6 +44,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux "-lgcc_s";
 
+  prePatch = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    substituteInPlace configure --replace '`/usr/bin/arch`' '"i386"'
+  '';
+
   preConfigure = ''
     for i in /usr /sw /opt /pkg; do	# improve purity
       substituteInPlace ./setup.py --replace $i /no-such-path
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f55b0a536d6..e9768fe4eb8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5081,6 +5081,7 @@ let
     self = python34;
   });
   python35 = hiPrio (callPackage ../development/interpreters/python/3.5 {
+    inherit (darwin) CF configd;
     self = python35;
   });
   pypy = callPackage ../development/interpreters/pypy {