diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/audiofile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/audiofile/default.nix
index a5fd80dc0db..c8fb8c53dc0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/audiofile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/audiofile/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "audiofile-0.3.6";
 
-  buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optional (!stdenv.isDarwin) alsaLib;
+  nativeBuildInputs = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isLinux alsaLib;
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://audiofile.68k.org/${name}.tar.gz";