diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/freeimage/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/freeimage/default.nix
index 2a75f7693e15..42105c7022c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/freeimage/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/freeimage/default.nix
@@ -1,31 +1,48 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, unzip}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, darwin}:
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "freeimage-3.17.0";
   src = fetchurl {
     url = mirror://sourceforge/freeimage/FreeImage3170.zip;
     sha256 = "12bz57asdcfsz3zr9i9nska0fb6h3z2aizy412qjqkixkginbz7v";
   };
-  buildInputs = [ unzip ];
-  prePatch = ''
-      sed -e s@/usr/@$out/@ \
+  buildInputs = [ unzip ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin darwin.cctools;
+  prePatch = if stdenv.isDarwin
+             then ''
+    sed -e 's/gcc-4.0/clang/g' \
+        -e 's/g++-4.0/clang++/g' \
+        -e 's/COMPILERFLAGS = -Os -fexceptions -fvisibility=hidden -DNO_LCMS/COMPILERFLAGS = -Os -fexceptions -fvisibility=hidden -DNO_LCMS -D__ANSI__/' \
+        -e "s|PREFIX = /usr/local|PREFIX = $out|" \
+        -e 's|-Wl,-syslibroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk||g' \
+        -e 's|-Wl,-syslibroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk||g' \
+        -e 's|-isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk||g' \
+        -e 's|-isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk||g' \
+        -e 's| $(STATICLIB)-ppc $(STATICLIB)-i386||g' \
+        -e 's| $(SHAREDLIB)-ppc $(SHAREDLIB)-i386||g' \
+        -e 's|	install -d -m 755 -o root -g wheel $(INCDIR) $(INSTALLDIR)||' \
+        -e 's| -m 644 -o root -g wheel||g' \
+        -i ./Makefile.osx
+    # Fix LibJXR performance timers
+    sed 's|^SRCS = \(.*\)$|SRCS = \1 Source/LibJXR/image/sys/perfTimerANSI.c|' -i ./Makefile.srcs
+  ''
+             else ''
+    sed -e s@/usr/@$out/@ \
         -e 's@-o root -g root@@' \
         -e 's@ldconfig@echo not running ldconfig@' \
         -i Makefile.gnu Makefile.fip
-
-      # Fix gcc 5.1 macro problems
-      # https://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libwebp/+/eebaf97f5a1cb713d81d311308d8a48c124e5aef%5E!/
-      sed -i -e 's/"\(#[^"]*\)"/" \1 "/g' Source/LibWebP/src/dsp/*
+    # Fix gcc 5.1 macro problems
+    # https://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libwebp/+/eebaf97f5a1cb713d81d311308d8a48c124e5aef%5E!/
+    sed -i -e 's/"\(#[^"]*\)"/" \1 "/g' Source/LibWebP/src/dsp/*
   '';
 
-  postBuild = "make -f Makefile.fip";
+  postBuild = stdenv.lib.optionalString (!stdenv.isDarwin) "make -f Makefile.fip";
   preInstall = "mkdir -p $out/include $out/lib";
-  postInstall = "make -f Makefile.fip install";
+  postInstall = stdenv.lib.optionalString (!stdenv.isDarwin) "make -f Makefile.fip install";
 
   meta = {
     description = "Open Source library for accessing popular graphics image file formats";
     homepage = http://freeimage.sourceforge.net/;
     license = "GPL";
     maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [viric];
-    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; unix;
   };
 }