diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/cf-private/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/cf-private/setup-hook.sh
index a83a1323bf83..7594c07977b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/cf-private/setup-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/cf-private/setup-hook.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ linkWithRealCF() {
   # gross! many symbols (such as _OBJC_CLASS_$_NSArray) are defined in system CF, but not
   # in the opensource release
   # if the package needs private headers, we assume they also want to link with system CF
-  NIX_LDFLAGS+=" /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/CoreFoundation"
+  NIX_LDFLAGS+=" /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation"
 }
 
 preConfigureHooks+=(prependSearchPath linkWithRealCF)