diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsoundio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsoundio/default.nix
index 18d18941b887..7803b2a5ff11 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsoundio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsoundio/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, alsaLib, libjack2, libpulseaudio }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, alsaLib, libjack2, libpulseaudio, AudioUnit }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "1.1.0";
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0mw197l4bci1cjc2z877gxwsvk8r43dr7qiwci2hwl2cjlcnqr2p";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ cmake alsaLib libjack2 libpulseaudio ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ libjack2 libpulseaudio ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isLinux alsaLib
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin AudioUnit;
+
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-Wno-strict-prototypes";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Cross platform audio input and output";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a21822eb688b..230ee580522e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9287,7 +9287,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libserialport = callPackage ../development/libraries/libserialport { };
 
-  libsoundio = callPackage ../development/libraries/libsoundio { };
+  libsoundio = callPackage ../development/libraries/libsoundio {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AudioUnit;
+  };
 
   libgtop = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgtop {};