diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mpd/darwin-enable-cxx-exceptions.patch b/pkgs/servers/mpd/darwin-enable-cxx-exceptions.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..db330a913cbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mpd/darwin-enable-cxx-exceptions.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+diff -Naur mpd-0.19.9.orig/configure mpd-0.19.9/configure
+--- mpd-0.19.9.orig/configure	2015-01-26 19:47:27.000000000 +0000
++++ mpd-0.19.9/configure	2015-01-26 19:47:27.000000000 +0000
+@@ -17113,138 +17113,6 @@
+ done
+ 
+ 
+-if test x$no_exceptions = xyes; then
+-
+-
+-
+-
+-for flag in -fno-exceptions; do
+-  as_CACHEVAR=`$as_echo "ax_cv_check_cxxflags__$flag" | $as_tr_sh`
+-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether C++ compiler accepts $flag" >&5
+-$as_echo_n "checking whether C++ compiler accepts $flag... " >&6; }
+-if eval \${$as_CACHEVAR+:} false; then :
+-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+-else
+-
+-  ax_check_save_flags=$CXXFLAGS
+-  CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS  $flag"
+-  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+-/* end confdefs.h.  */
+-
+-int
+-main ()
+-{
+-
+-  ;
+-  return 0;
+-}
+-_ACEOF
+-if ac_fn_cxx_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+-  eval "$as_CACHEVAR=yes"
+-else
+-  eval "$as_CACHEVAR=no"
+-fi
+-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+-  CXXFLAGS=$ax_check_save_flags
+-fi
+-eval ac_res=\$$as_CACHEVAR
+-	       { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_res" >&5
+-$as_echo "$ac_res" >&6; }
+-if test x"`eval 'as_val=${'$as_CACHEVAR'};$as_echo "$as_val"'`" = xyes; then :
+-  if ${CXXFLAGS+:} false; then :
+-  case " $CXXFLAGS " in
+-    *" $flag "*)
+-      { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: : CXXFLAGS already contains \$flag"; } >&5
+-  (: CXXFLAGS already contains $flag) 2>&5
+-  ac_status=$?
+-  $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+-  test $ac_status = 0; }
+-      ;;
+-    *)
+-      { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: : CXXFLAGS=\"\$CXXFLAGS \$flag\""; } >&5
+-  (: CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $flag") 2>&5
+-  ac_status=$?
+-  $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+-  test $ac_status = 0; }
+-      CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $flag"
+-      ;;
+-   esac
+-else
+-  CXXFLAGS="$flag"
+-fi
+-
+-else
+-  :
+-fi
+-
+-done
+-
+-
+-
+-
+-
+-for flag in -fno-rtti; do
+-  as_CACHEVAR=`$as_echo "ax_cv_check_cxxflags__$flag" | $as_tr_sh`
+-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether C++ compiler accepts $flag" >&5
+-$as_echo_n "checking whether C++ compiler accepts $flag... " >&6; }
+-if eval \${$as_CACHEVAR+:} false; then :
+-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+-else
+-
+-  ax_check_save_flags=$CXXFLAGS
+-  CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS  $flag"
+-  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+-/* end confdefs.h.  */
+-
+-int
+-main ()
+-{
+-
+-  ;
+-  return 0;
+-}
+-_ACEOF
+-if ac_fn_cxx_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+-  eval "$as_CACHEVAR=yes"
+-else
+-  eval "$as_CACHEVAR=no"
+-fi
+-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+-  CXXFLAGS=$ax_check_save_flags
+-fi
+-eval ac_res=\$$as_CACHEVAR
+-	       { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_res" >&5
+-$as_echo "$ac_res" >&6; }
+-if test x"`eval 'as_val=${'$as_CACHEVAR'};$as_echo "$as_val"'`" = xyes; then :
+-  if ${CXXFLAGS+:} false; then :
+-  case " $CXXFLAGS " in
+-    *" $flag "*)
+-      { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: : CXXFLAGS already contains \$flag"; } >&5
+-  (: CXXFLAGS already contains $flag) 2>&5
+-  ac_status=$?
+-  $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+-  test $ac_status = 0; }
+-      ;;
+-    *)
+-      { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: : CXXFLAGS=\"\$CXXFLAGS \$flag\""; } >&5
+-  (: CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $flag") 2>&5
+-  ac_status=$?
+-  $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+-  test $ac_status = 0; }
+-      CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $flag"
+-      ;;
+-   esac
+-else
+-  CXXFLAGS="$flag"
+-fi
+-
+-else
+-  :
+-fi
+-
+-done
+-
+-fi
+ 
+ 
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mpd/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/mpd/default.nix
index 71d8c80d4ecb..7f088331b1df 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mpd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mpd/default.nix
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0vzj365s4j0pw5w37lfhx3dmpkdp85driravsvx8rlrw0lii91a7";
   };
 
+  patches = stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin ./darwin-enable-cxx-exceptions.patch;
+
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig glib boost ]
     ++ opt stdenv.isLinux systemd
     ++ opt (stdenv.isLinux && alsaSupport) alsaLib