diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/bazel-watcher/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/bazel-watcher/default.nix
index 922ec319017..e0a7febb875 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/bazel-watcher/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/bazel-watcher/default.nix
@@ -79,5 +79,7 @@ buildBazelPackage rec {
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ kalbasit ];
     platforms = platforms.all;
+    # broken on darwin, see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/105573
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
   };
 }