diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/bsc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/bsc/default.nix
index be512e2ae68..4c88e58e6c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/compression/bsc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/bsc/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl } :
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, openmp ? null }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "bsc-${version}";
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin openmp;
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace makefile \
+        --replace 'g++' '$(CXX)'
+  '';
+
   preInstall = ''
     makeFlagsArray+=("PREFIX=$out")
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e1e243aabfb..f2c2986ff0c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1296,7 +1296,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   atool = callPackage ../tools/archivers/atool { };
 
-  bsc = callPackage ../tools/compression/bsc { };
+  bsc = callPackage ../tools/compression/bsc {
+    inherit (llvmPackages) openmp;
+  };
 
   bzip2 = callPackage ../tools/compression/bzip2 { };