diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/portaudio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/portaudio/default.nix
index 5d8c2430ab9..b2375fb7583 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/portaudio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/portaudio/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, alsaLib, pkgconfig }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, alsaLib, pkgconfig
+, AudioUnit, AudioToolbox, CoreAudio, CoreServices, Carbon }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "portaudio-19-20140130";
@@ -11,8 +12,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional (!stdenv.isDarwin) alsaLib;
 
-  configureFlags = stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin
-    [ "--build=x86_64" "--without-oss" "--enable-static" "--enable-shared" ];
+  configureFlags = [ "--disable-mac-universal" ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ AudioUnit AudioToolbox CoreAudio CoreServices Carbon ];
 
   preBuild = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
     sed -i '50 i\
@@ -27,15 +29,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   # not sure why, but all the headers seem to be installed by the make install
-  installPhase = if stdenv.isDarwin then ''
-    mkdir -p "$out"
-    cp -r include "$out"
-    cp -r lib "$out"
-  '' else ''
+  installPhase = ''
     make install
-
+  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (!stdenv.isDarwin) ''
     # fixup .pc file to find alsa library
     sed -i "s|-lasound|-L${alsaLib.out}/lib -lasound|" "$out/lib/pkgconfig/"*.pc
+  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    cp include/pa_mac_core.h $out/include/pa_mac_core.h
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 76f52481fb2..4e2b4554124 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8987,7 +8987,9 @@ in
 
   popt = callPackage ../development/libraries/popt { };
 
-  portaudio = callPackage ../development/libraries/portaudio { };
+  portaudio = callPackage ../development/libraries/portaudio {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AudioToolbox AudioUnit CoreAudio CoreServices Carbon;
+  };
 
   portmidi = callPackage ../development/libraries/portmidi {};