diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-feature/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-feature/default.nix
index 94b5000b9b6..f3fc148f029 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-feature/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-feature/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, stdenv, libiconv }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "cargo-feature";
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   cargoSha256 = "0nvl5smibl81b826xcsrjx8p89lcfpj7wqdsvywnj7jd3p5ag03n";
 
+  buildInputs = lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin libiconv;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Allows conveniently modify features of crate";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Riey/cargo-feature";