diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix
index 369ae0693246..eec4b1e18991 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, pkgconfig, gtk2, gtkspell2, aspell
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, pkgconfig, gtk2, gtk2-x11
+, gtkspell2, aspell
 , gst_all_1, startupnotification, gettext
 , perlPackages, libxml2, nss, nspr, farstream
 , libXScrnSaver, ncurses, avahi, dbus, dbus-glib, intltool, libidn
@@ -29,19 +30,26 @@ let unwrapped = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base.dev}/include/gstreamer-1.0";
 
   buildInputs = [
-    gtkspell2 aspell startupnotification
+    aspell startupnotification
     gst_all_1.gstreamer gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base gst_all_1.gst-plugins-good
-    libxml2 nss nspr farstream
+    libxml2 nss nspr
     libXScrnSaver ncurses python
     avahi dbus dbus-glib intltool libidn
     libICE libXext libSM cyrus_sasl
   ]
   ++ (lib.optional (openssl != null) openssl)
   ++ (lib.optional (gnutls != null) gnutls)
-  ++ (lib.optional (libgcrypt != null) libgcrypt);
+  ++ (lib.optional (libgcrypt != null) libgcrypt)
+  ++ (lib.optional (stdenv.isLinux) gtk2)
+  ++ (lib.optional (stdenv.isLinux) gtkspell2)
+  ++ (lib.optional (stdenv.isLinux) farstream)
+  ++ (lib.optional (stdenv.isDarwin) gtk2-x11);
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig gtk2 gettext ]
-    ++ (with perlPackages; [ perl XMLParser ]);
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig gettext ]
+    ++ (with perlPackages; [ perl XMLParser ])
+    ++ (lib.optional (stdenv.isLinux) gtk2)
+    ++ (lib.optional (stdenv.isDarwin) gtk2-x11);
 
   patches = [ ./pidgin-makefile.patch ./add-search-path.patch ];
 
@@ -54,6 +62,8 @@ let unwrapped = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--disable-meanwhile"
     "--disable-nm"
     "--disable-tcl"
+    "--disable-gtkspell"
+    "--disable-vv"
   ]
   ++ (lib.optionals (cyrus_sasl != null) [ "--enable-cyrus-sasl=yes" ])
   ++ (lib.optionals (gnutls != null) ["--enable-gnutls=yes" "--enable-nss=no"]);
@@ -69,7 +79,7 @@ let unwrapped = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Multi-protocol instant messaging client";
     homepage = "http://pidgin.im";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.vcunat ];
   };
 };