diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openal-soft/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openal-soft/default.nix
index 89dc32b61f2..4a466ad133a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openal-soft/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openal-soft/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, cmake
-, alsaSupport ? true, alsaLib ? null
-, pulseSupport ? true, libpulseaudio ? null
+, alsaSupport ? !stdenv.isDarwin, alsaLib ? null
+, pulseSupport ? !stdenv.isDarwin, libpulseaudio ? null
+, CoreServices, AudioUnit, AudioToolbox
 }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
@@ -9,17 +10,18 @@ assert alsaSupport -> alsaLib != null;
 assert pulseSupport -> libpulseaudio != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.16.0";
+  version = "1.17.2";
   name = "openal-soft-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal-releases/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0pqdykdclycfnk66v166srjrry936y39d1dz9wl92qz27wqwsg9g";
+    sha256 = "051k5fy8pk4fd9ha3qaqcv08xwbks09xl5qs4ijqq2qz5xaghhd3";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ cmake ]
     ++ optional alsaSupport alsaLib
-    ++ optional pulseSupport libpulseaudio;
+    ++ optional pulseSupport libpulseaudio
+    ++ optional stdenv.isDarwin [ CoreServices AudioUnit AudioToolbox ];
 
   NIX_LDFLAGS = []
     ++ optional alsaSupport "-lasound"
@@ -30,5 +32,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal.html;
     license = licenses.lgpl2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ftrvxmtrx];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 817ecf81066..02281a77216 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8244,7 +8244,9 @@ let
   oniguruma = callPackage ../development/libraries/oniguruma { };
 
   openal = openalSoft;
-  openalSoft = callPackage ../development/libraries/openal-soft { };
+  openalSoft = callPackage ../development/libraries/openal-soft {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices AudioUnit AudioToolbox;
+  };
 
   openbabel = callPackage ../development/libraries/openbabel { };