diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/audiofile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/audiofile/default.nix
index 8ea6470cde8..1190f7437cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/audiofile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/audiofile/default.nix
@@ -3,17 +3,18 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "audiofile-0.3.3";
 
-  buildInputs = [ alsaLib ];
+  buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optional (!stdenv.isDarwin) alsaLib;
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://audiofile.68k.org/${name}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "1qm7z0g1d9rcxi1m87slgdi0rhl94g13dx3d2b05dilghwpgjjgq";
   };
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A library for reading and writing audio files in various formats";
-    homepage = http://www.68k.org/~michael/audiofile/; 
-    license = "lgpl";
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.shlevy ];
+    homepage    = http://www.68k.org/~michael/audiofile/; 
+    license     = licenses.lgpl;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovek323 shlevy ];
+    platforms   = platforms.unix;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c69fc1a4962..c19d1126d8c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3703,7 +3703,11 @@ let
 
   aubio = callPackage ../development/libraries/aubio { };
 
-  audiofile = callPackage ../development/libraries/audiofile { };
+  audiofile = callPackage ../development/libraries/audiofile {
+    stdenv = if stdenv.isDarwin
+      then overrideGCC stdenv gccApple
+      else stdenv;
+  };
 
   axis = callPackage ../development/libraries/axis { };