diff --git a/pkgs/misc/emulators/dosbox/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/emulators/dosbox/default.nix
index f7400e4b7615..454427c9066b 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/emulators/dosbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/emulators/dosbox/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, SDL, makeDesktopItem, mesa }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, SDL, makeDesktopItem, mesa }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec { 
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "dosbox-0.74";
 
   src = fetchurl {
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
         url = "http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/games-emulation/dosbox/files/dosbox-0.74-gcc46.patch?revision=1.1";
         sha256 = "03iv1ph7fccfw327ngnhvzwyiix7fsbdb5mmpxivzkidhlrssxq9";
       })
+      (fetchurl {
+        url = "https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/emulators/dosbox/files/patch-src_gui_sdlmain.cpp?revision=435580&view=co&pathrev=435580";
+        sha256 = "1mbj5wrn53k0zds2adys34949vzsbfgm0pmsyx14v9j0cxi7drca";
+        name = "patch-src_gui_sdlmain.cpp";
+      })
     ];
 
   patchFlags = "-p0";
@@ -22,6 +27,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ SDL mesa ];
 
+  configureFlags = lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin "--disable-sdltest";
+
   desktopItem = makeDesktopItem {
     name = "dosbox";
     exec = "dosbox";