diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/default.nix
index 70b731f56dd1..b54b3a38e764 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, babl, libpng, cairo, libjpeg
-, librsvg, pango, gtk, bzip2, intltool }:
+, librsvg, pango, gtk, bzip2, intltool
+, OpenGL ? null }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gegl-0.2.0";
@@ -21,7 +22,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   NIX_LDFLAGS = if stdenv.isDarwin then "-lintl" else null;
 
-  buildInputs = [ babl libpng cairo libjpeg librsvg pango gtk bzip2 intltool ];
+  buildInputs = [ babl libpng cairo libjpeg librsvg pango gtk bzip2 intltool ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin OpenGL;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b2e8a1c5ac5f..c0b6cba49581 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7298,7 +7298,9 @@ in
 
   gephi = callPackage ../applications/science/misc/gephi { };
 
-  gegl = callPackage ../development/libraries/gegl { };
+  gegl = callPackage ../development/libraries/gegl {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) OpenGL;
+  };
 
   gegl_0_3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gegl/3.0.nix { };