diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/matplotlib/darwin-stdenv.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/matplotlib/darwin-stdenv.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e780dfb5a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/matplotlib/darwin-stdenv.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/src/_macosx.m	2015-06-30 12:18:48.000000000 +0300
++++ b/src/_macosx.m	2015-06-30 12:19:12.000000000 +0300
+@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
+ #include "numpy/arrayobject.h"
+ #include "path_cleanup.h"
+ 
++#define WITH_NEXT_FRAMEWORK 1
++
+ #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
+ #define PY3K 1
+ #else
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/matplotlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/matplotlib/default.nix
index b6789a851cb..995b1459f04 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/matplotlib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/matplotlib/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 , enableGhostscript ? false, ghostscript ? null, gtk3
 , enableGtk2 ? false, pygtk ? null, gobjectIntrospection
 , enableGtk3 ? false, cairo
+, Cocoa, Foundation, CoreData, cf-private, libobjc, libcxx
 }:
 
 assert enableGhostscript -> ghostscript != null;
@@ -17,11 +18,15 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/m/matplotlib/${name}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "67b08b1650a00a6317d94b76a30a47320087e5244920604c5462188cba0c2646";
   };
-  
+
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-I${libcxx}/include/c++/v1";
+
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR = "/tmp";
 
   buildInputs = [ python which sphinx stdenv ]
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableGhostscript ghostscript;
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableGhostscript ghostscript
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ Cocoa Foundation CoreData
+                                              cf-private libobjc ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs =
     [ cycler dateutil nose numpy pyparsing tornado freetype 
@@ -30,6 +35,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableGtk2 pygtk
     ++ stdenv.lib.optionals enableGtk3 [ cairo pycairo gtk3 gobjectIntrospection pygobject3 ];
 
+  patches = stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ ./darwin-stdenv.patch ];
+
   patchPhase = ''
     # Failing test: ERROR: matplotlib.tests.test_style.test_use_url
     sed -i 's/test_use_url/fails/' lib/matplotlib/tests/test_style.py
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 292b758b5c0..7b6ab6a103b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8621,6 +8621,8 @@ let
   matplotlib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/matplotlib/default.nix {
     stdenv = if stdenv.isDarwin then pkgs.clangStdenv else pkgs.stdenv;
     enableGhostscript = true;
+    inherit (pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa Foundation CoreData;
+    inherit (pkgs.darwin) cf-private libobjc;
   };