diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/mlterm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/mlterm/default.nix
index 7c7906fc841..853fe22f0bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/mlterm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/mlterm/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, autoconf, makeDesktopItem
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, pkgconfig, autoconf, makeDesktopItem
 , libX11, gdk-pixbuf, cairo, libXft, gtk3, vte
 , harfbuzz #substituting glyphs with opentype fonts
 , fribidi, m17n_lib #bidi and encoding
 , openssl, libssh2 #build-in ssh
 , fcitx, ibus, uim #IME
 , wrapGAppsHook #color picker in mlconfig
+, Cocoa #Darwin
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -18,9 +19,25 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig autoconf wrapGAppsHook ];
   buildInputs = [
-    libX11 gdk-pixbuf.dev cairo libXft gtk3 vte
-    harfbuzz fribidi m17n_lib openssl libssh2
-    fcitx ibus uim
+    libX11
+    gdk-pixbuf.dev
+    cairo
+    libXft
+    gtk3
+    harfbuzz
+    fribidi
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.isDarwin) [
+    # need linker magic, not adapted for Darwin yet
+    openssl
+    libssh2
+
+    # Not supported on Darwin
+    vte
+    m17n_lib
+
+    fcitx
+    ibus
+    uim
   ];
 
   #bad configure.ac and Makefile.in everywhere
@@ -42,34 +59,41 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --replace "-m 2755 -g utmp" " " \
       --replace "-m 4755 -o root" " "
   '';
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = "
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString (!stdenv.isDarwin) "
     -L${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib
     -lX11 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lcairo -lfontconfig -lfreetype -lXft
     -lvte-2.91 -lgtk-3 -lharfbuzz -lfribidi -lm17n
-  " + stdenv.lib.optionalString (openssl != null) "
+  " + lib.optionalString (openssl != null) "
     -lcrypto
-  " + stdenv.lib.optionalString (libssh2 != null) "
+  " + lib.optionalString (libssh2 != null) "
     -lssh2
   ";
 
   configureFlags = [
-    "--with-x=yes"
-    "--with-gui=xlib,fb"
     "--with-imagelib=gdk-pixbuf" #or mlimgloader depending on your bugs of choice
     "--with-type-engines=cairo,xft,xcore"
     "--with-gtk=3.0"
     "--enable-ind" #indic scripts
     "--enable-fribidi" #bidi scripts
-    "--enable-m17nlib" #character encodings
     "--with-tools=mlclient,mlconfig,mlcc,mlterm-menu,mlimgloader,registobmp,mlfc"
      #mlterm-menu and mlconfig depend on enabling gnome3.at-spi2-core
      #and configuring ~/.mlterm/key correctly.
- ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional (libssh2 == null) "--disable-ssh2";
+ ] ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.isDarwin) [
+   "--with-x=yes"
+   "--with-gui=xlib,fb"
+    "--enable-m17nlib" #character encodings
+ ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    "--with-gui=quartz"
+ ] ++ lib.optionals (libssh2 == null) [ " --disable-ssh2" ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     install -D contrib/icon/mlterm-icon.svg "$out/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/mlterm.svg"
     install -D contrib/icon/mlterm-icon-gnome2.png "$out/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/mlterm.png"
     install -D -t $out/share/applications $desktopItem/share/applications/*
+  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    mkdir -p $out/Applications/
+    cp -a cocoa/mlterm.app $out/Applications/
+    install $out/bin/mlterm -Dt $out/Applications/mlterm.app/Contents/MacOS/
   '';
 
   desktopItem = makeDesktopItem {
@@ -80,17 +104,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     comment = "Terminal emulator";
     desktopName = "mlterm";
     genericName = "Terminal emulator";
-    categories = stdenv.lib.concatStringsSep ";" [
+    categories = lib.concatStringsSep ";" [
       "Application" "System" "TerminalEmulator"
     ];
     startupNotify = "false";
   };
 
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Multi Lingual TERMinal emulator on X11";
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Multi Lingual TERMinal emulator";
     homepage = "http://mlterm.sourceforge.net/";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ vrthra ramkromberg ];
-    platforms = with platforms; linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ vrthra ramkromberg atemu ];
+    platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a0c9b4641b4..1a49f467253 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -724,6 +724,7 @@ in
   mlterm = callPackage ../applications/terminal-emulators/mlterm {
     libssh2 = null;
     openssl = null;
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa;
   };
 
   mrxvt = callPackage ../applications/terminal-emulators/mrxvt { };