diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/bzip2/builder-darwin.sh b/pkgs/tools/compression/bzip2/builder-darwin.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8d666c925e7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/bzip2/builder-darwin.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+installFlags="PREFIX=$out"
+
+postInstall=postInstall
+postInstall() {
+    rm $out/bin/bunzip2 $out/bin/bzcat
+    ln -s bzip2 $out/bin/bunzip2
+    ln -s bzip2 $out/bin/bzcat
+}
+
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/bzip2/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/bzip2/default.nix
index eb4935684b25..ec4ceea1795e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/compression/bzip2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/bzip2/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "bzip2-1.0.3";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  builder = if stdenv.system == "powerpc-darwin" then ./builder-darwin.sh else ./builder.sh;
   src = fetchurl {
     url = http://nix.cs.uu.nl/dist/tarballs/bzip2-1.0.3.tar.gz;
     md5 = "8a716bebecb6e647d2e8a29ea5d8447f";