diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/generic.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/generic.nix
index c79bbc989bc..de30870bee8 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/generic.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   preConfigure = (concatMapStringsSep "\n" (mod: mod.preConfigure or "") modules);
 
-  hardeningEnable = [ "pie" ];
+  hardeningEnable = optional (!stdenv.isDarwin) "pie";
 
   postInstall = ''
     mv $out/sbin $out/bin