diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gkrellm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/gkrellm/default.nix
index ac8f876ad3f..23b705058df 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/gkrellm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/gkrellm/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, gettext, pkgconfig, glib, gtk, libX11, libSM, libICE }:
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, gettext, pkgconfig, glib, gtk, libX11, libSM, libICE
+, IOKit ? null }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gkrellm-2.3.5";
@@ -7,7 +8,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "12rc6zaa7kb60b9744lbrlfkxxfniprm6x0mispv63h4kh75navh";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [gettext pkgconfig glib gtk libX11 libSM libICE];
+  buildInputs = [gettext pkgconfig glib gtk libX11 libSM libICE]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ IOKit ];
 
   # Makefiles are patched to fix references to `/usr/X11R6' and to add
   # `-lX11' to make sure libX11's store path is in the RPATH.
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cdc685d2cf7..05b5c5ce628 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13318,7 +13318,9 @@ in
 
   svox = callPackage ../applications/audio/svox { };
 
-  gkrellm = callPackage ../applications/misc/gkrellm { };
+  gkrellm = callPackage ../applications/misc/gkrellm {
+    inherit (darwin) IOKit;
+  };
 
   gmu = callPackage ../applications/audio/gmu { };