diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/duti/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/duti/default.nix
index 5c63b8e0dfb3..9daed151ce48 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/duti/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/duti/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
-{stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, darwin}:
+{stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, ApplicationServices}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "duti";
-  version = "1.5.4pre";
+  version = "1.5.5pre";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "moretension";
     repo = pname;
-    rev = "7dbcae86f99fedef5a6c4311f032a0f1ca0539cc";
-    sha256 = "1z9sa0yk87vs57d5338y6lvm1v1vvynxb7dy1x5aqzkcr0imhljl";
+    rev = "fe3d3dc411bcea6af7a8cbe53c0e08ed5ecacdb2";
+    sha256 = "1pg4i6ghpib2gy1sqpml7dbnhr1vbr43fs2pqkd09i4w3nmgpic9";
   };
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [autoreconfHook];
-  buildInputs = [darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.ApplicationServices];
-  configureFlags = ["--with-macosx-sdk=/homeless-shelter"];
+  buildInputs = [ApplicationServices];
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-macosx-sdk=/homeless-shelter"
+
+    # needed to prevent duti from trying to guess our sdk
+    # NOTE: this is different than stdenv.hostPlatform.config!
+    "--host=x86_64-apple-darwin18"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A command-line tool to select default applications for document types and URL schemes on Mac OS X";
     longDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8b9fd04126e9..604cb5312e01 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -29514,7 +29514,9 @@ in
 
   phonetisaurus = callPackage ../development/libraries/phonetisaurus {};
 
-  duti = callPackage ../os-specific/darwin/duti {};
+  duti = callPackage ../os-specific/darwin/duti {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) ApplicationServices;
+  };
 
   dnstracer = callPackage ../tools/networking/dnstracer {
     inherit (darwin) libresolv;