diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ftgl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ftgl/default.nix
index 8808af49f9e..289a5739985 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ftgl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ftgl/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, freetype, libGLU_combined}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, freetype, libGLU_combined, OpenGL }:
 
 let
   name = "ftgl-2.1.3-rc5";
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "0nsn4s6vnv5xcgxcw6q031amvh2zfj2smy1r5mbnjj2548hxcn2l";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ freetype libGLU_combined ];
+  buildInputs = [ freetype ]
+    ++ (if stdenv.isDarwin then
+      [ OpenGL ]
+    else
+      [ libGLU_combined ])
+    ;
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c476c9c7fd4..ac3f6b64712 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2728,7 +2728,9 @@ in
   frostwire = callPackage ../applications/networking/p2p/frostwire { };
   frostwire-bin = callPackage ../applications/networking/p2p/frostwire/frostwire-bin.nix { };
 
-  ftgl = callPackage ../development/libraries/ftgl { };
+  ftgl = callPackage ../development/libraries/ftgl {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) OpenGL;
+  };
 
   ftop = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/ftop { };