diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/nfd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/nfd/default.nix
index ab6e1b83d79b..148b074666e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/nfd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/nfd/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ fetchFromGitHub, buildLuarocksPackage, lua, pkg-config, lib
-, substituteAll, zenity }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, buildLuarocksPackage, lua, pkg-config, lib
+, substituteAll, zenity, AppKit }:
 
 buildLuarocksPackage {
   pname = "nfd";
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ buildLuarocksPackage {
   extraVariables.LUA_LIBDIR = "${lua}/lib";
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
 
+  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ AppKit ];
+
   fixupPhase = ''
     find $out -name nfd_zenity.so -execdir mv {} nfd.so \;
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
index 3617e7632333..261f92c498ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ in
 
   nfd = callPackage ../development/lua-modules/nfd {
     inherit (pkgs.gnome) zenity;
+    inherit (pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AppKit;
   };
 
   vicious = (callPackage ({ fetchFromGitHub }: stdenv.mkDerivation rec {