diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/fswatch/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/fswatch/default.nix
index 0e4af134890..73de8eb8cb6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/fswatch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/fswatch/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 , libtool
 , makeWrapper
 , texinfo
+, CoreServices
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1d1fvm36qgh6a5j9v24wai61d297pvzxr14jngjlhh4i474ff21i";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ CoreServices ];
   buildInputs = [ gettext libtool makeWrapper texinfo ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9b81ca38714..f1ac2e2dc3e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9188,7 +9188,9 @@ in
 
   fsatrace = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/fsatrace { };
 
-  fswatch = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/fswatch { };
+  fswatch = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/fswatch {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices;
+  };
 
   funnelweb = callPackage ../development/tools/literate-programming/funnelweb { };