diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libfreefare/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libfreefare/default.nix
index 8c485fef47c9..291f20a5db2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libfreefare/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libfreefare/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libnfc, openssl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libnfc, openssl
+, libobjc ? null }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libfreefare-${version}";
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0r5wfvwgf35lb1v65wavnwz2wlfyfdims6a9xpslf4lsm4a1v8xz";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libnfc openssl ];
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libnfc openssl ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin libobjc;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "The libfreefare project aims to provide a convenient API for MIFARE card manipulations";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 05b5c5ce6286..d0c6aefe54bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8103,7 +8103,9 @@ in
 
   libffi = callPackage ../development/libraries/libffi { };
 
-  libfreefare = callPackage ../development/libraries/libfreefare { };
+  libfreefare = callPackage ../development/libraries/libfreefare {
+    inherit (darwin) libobjc;
+  };
 
   libftdi = callPackage ../development/libraries/libftdi { };