diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/mono/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/mono/default.nix
index a7a4d8da4edc..940089cafe92 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/mono/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/mono/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, bison, pkgconfig, glib, gettext, perl, libgdiplus, libX11, callPackage, ncurses, zlib, withLLVM ? false, cacert }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, bison, pkgconfig, glib, gettext, perl, libgdiplus, libX11, callPackage, ncurses, zlib, withLLVM ? false, cacert, Foundation, libobjc }:
 
 let
   llvm     = callPackage ./llvm.nix { };
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs =
     [ bison pkgconfig glib gettext perl libgdiplus libX11 ncurses zlib
-    ];
+    ]
+    ++ (stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ Foundation libobjc ]);
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [glib];
 
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lgcc_s" ;
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = if stdenv.isDarwin then "" else "-lgcc_s" ;
 
   # To overcome the bug https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644723
   dontDisableStatic = true;
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     homepage = http://mono-project.com/;
     description = "Cross platform, open source .NET development framework";
-    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; darwin ++ linux;
     maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ viric thoughtpolice obadz ];
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.free; # Combination of LGPL/X11/GPL ?
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgdiplus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgdiplus/default.nix
index 56bc72acff02..60995046982f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgdiplus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgdiplus/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, cairo, fontconfig
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, cairo, Carbon, fontconfig
 , libtiff, giflib, libungif, libjpeg, libpng, monoDLLFixer
 , libXrender, libexif }:
 
@@ -25,5 +25,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs =
     [ pkgconfig glib cairo fontconfig libtiff giflib libungif
       libjpeg libpng libXrender libexif
-    ];
+    ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin Carbon;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5582341a9b10..d4274ec96114 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4390,7 +4390,10 @@ let
 
   mlton = callPackage ../development/compilers/mlton { };
 
-  mono = callPackage ../development/compilers/mono {};
+  mono = callPackage ../development/compilers/mono {
+    inherit (darwin) libobjc;
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Foundation;
+  };
 
   monoDLLFixer = callPackage ../build-support/mono-dll-fixer { };
 
@@ -7292,7 +7295,9 @@ let
 
   libgcrypt_1_5 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgcrypt/1.5.nix { };
 
-  libgdiplus = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgdiplus { };
+  libgdiplus = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgdiplus {
+      inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Carbon;
+  };
 
   libgksu = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgksu { };