diff --git a/pkgs/servers/amqp/rabbitmq-server/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/amqp/rabbitmq-server/default.nix
index 3e8ec09a0b05..5bf3f2e693e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/amqp/rabbitmq-server/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/amqp/rabbitmq-server/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, erlang, python, libxml2, libxslt, xmlto
-, docbook_xml_dtd_45, docbook_xsl, zip, unzip }:
+, docbook_xml_dtd_45, docbook_xsl, zip, unzip
+
+, AppKit, Carbon, Cocoa
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "rabbitmq-server-${version}";
@@ -12,7 +15,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   buildInputs =
-    [ erlang python libxml2 libxslt xmlto docbook_xml_dtd_45 docbook_xsl zip unzip ];
+    [ erlang python libxml2 libxslt xmlto docbook_xml_dtd_45 docbook_xsl zip unzip ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ AppKit Carbon Cocoa ];
 
   preBuild =
     ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c6881d1370ff..94e42523eb22 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9319,7 +9319,9 @@ let
 
   qpid-cpp = callPackage ../servers/amqp/qpid-cpp { };
 
-  rabbitmq_server = callPackage ../servers/amqp/rabbitmq-server { };
+  rabbitmq_server = callPackage ../servers/amqp/rabbitmq-server {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AppKit Carbon Cocoa;
+  };
 
   radius = callPackage ../servers/radius { };