diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/htop/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/htop/default.nix
index 46547aa45fd..9301107d2db 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/htop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/htop/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, ncurses }:
+{ lib, fetchurl, stdenv, ncurses,
+IOKit }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "htop-${version}";
@@ -9,7 +10,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     url = "http://hisham.hm/htop/releases/${version}/${name}.tar.gz";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
+  buildInputs =
+    [ ncurses ] ++
+    lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ IOKit ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "An interactive process viewer for Linux";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index da6fca3a81a..10800fbb2a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10309,7 +10309,9 @@ let
 
   hostapd = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/hostapd { };
 
-  htop = callPackage ../tools/system/htop { };
+  htop = callPackage ../tools/system/htop {
+    inherit (darwin) IOKit;
+  };
 
   # GNU/Hurd core packages.
   gnu = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../os-specific/gnu {