diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/ft2-clone/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/ft2-clone/default.nix
index 7045d6811d3..68b3871f29f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/ft2-clone/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/ft2-clone/default.nix
@@ -5,23 +5,45 @@
 , alsaLib
 , SDL2
 , libiconv
+, CoreAudio
+, CoreMIDI
+, CoreServices
+, Cocoa
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ft2-clone";
-  version = "1.41_fix";
+  version = "1.42";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "8bitbubsy";
     repo = "ft2-clone";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0c7jli79ckachl5n2rbhc4yzml8nc36pl9yzxcwgaz544q8pzmaa";
+    sha256 = "0w3c1rgm8qlqi50gavrcjz40xb0nkis4i9mvpwmvzmdv9nipxry9";
   };
 
+  # Adapt the linux-only CMakeLists to darwin (more reliable than make-macos.sh)
+  postPatch = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    sed -i -e 's@__LINUX_ALSA__@__MACOSX_CORE__@' -e 's@asound@@' CMakeLists.txt
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   buildInputs = [ SDL2 ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isLinux alsaLib
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin libiconv;
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+         libiconv
+         CoreAudio
+         CoreMIDI
+         CoreServices
+         Cocoa
+       ];
+
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin [
+    "-framework CoreAudio"
+    "-framework CoreMIDI"
+    "-framework CoreServices"
+    "-framework Cocoa"
+  ];
 
   passthru.tests = {
     ft2-clone-starts = nixosTests.ft2-clone;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fbdfcec618b..ee981f6ee0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21612,7 +21612,9 @@ in
     autoreconfHook = buildPackages.autoreconfHook269;
   };
 
-  ft2-clone = callPackage ../applications/audio/ft2-clone { };
+  ft2-clone = callPackage ../applications/audio/ft2-clone {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreAudio CoreMIDI CoreServices Cocoa;
+  };
 
   fvwm = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/fvwm { };