diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xidlehook/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/xidlehook/default.nix
index 0cfd9e218ca..54ab6a3c803 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/xidlehook/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/xidlehook/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib, stdenv, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitLab
-, xlibsWrapper, xorg, libpulseaudio, pkgconfig, patchelf }:
+, xlibsWrapper, xorg, libpulseaudio, pkgconfig, patchelf, Security }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   name = "xidlehook-${version}";
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoBuildFlags = lib.optionals (!stdenv.isLinux) ["--no-default-features" "--features" "pulse"];
   cargoSha256 = "1pdhbqnkgwp2v5zyin8z8049aq8c3kfk04v9wsbz8qla34rgi99s";
 
-  buildInputs = [ xlibsWrapper xorg.libXScrnSaver libpulseaudio ];
+  buildInputs = [ xlibsWrapper xorg.libXScrnSaver libpulseaudio ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin Security;
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig patchelf ];
 
   postFixup = lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a3fb6d7dcb5..976092caee3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6326,7 +6326,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   xiccd = callPackage ../tools/misc/xiccd { };
 
-  xidlehook = callPackage ../tools/X11/xidlehook {};
+  xidlehook = callPackage ../tools/X11/xidlehook {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
+  };
 
   xorriso = callPackage ../tools/cd-dvd/xorriso { };