diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtsm/darwin.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtsm/darwin.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d447be456e0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtsm/darwin.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+From 4e7b7b1124bfbccb43820997164b00720bf5ca31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Florian Gilcher <florian.gilcher@asquera.de>
+Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 23:05:44 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Remove GCC specific flags
+
+---
+ Makefile.am | 10 ++--------
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
+index f1e872b..c011f02 100644
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -69,11 +69,7 @@ AM_CFLAGS = \
+ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
+ 	-include $(top_builddir)/config.h \
+ 	-I $(srcdir)/src
+-AM_LDFLAGS = \
+-	-Wl,--as-needed \
+-	-Wl,--gc-sections \
+-	-Wl,-z,relro \
+-	-Wl,-z,now
++AM_LDFLAGS =
+ 
+ if BUILD_ENABLE_DEBUG
+ AM_CFLAGS += -g
+@@ -134,9 +130,7 @@ libtsm_la_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS)
+ libtsm_la_LIBADD = libshl.la
+ EXTRA_libtsm_la_DEPENDENCIES = $(top_srcdir)/docs/libtsm.sym
+ libtsm_la_LDFLAGS = \
+-	$(AM_LDFLAGS) \
+-	-version-info $(LIBTSM_CURRENT):$(LIBTSM_REVISION):$(LIBTSM_AGE) \
+-	-Wl,--version-script="$(top_srcdir)/docs/libtsm.sym"
++	$(AM_LDFLAGS)
+ 
+ if BUILD_HAVE_XKBCOMMON
+ libtsm_la_CPPFLAGS += $(XKBCOMMON_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtsm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtsm/default.nix
index 66e1698b11d0..febdb0914d6c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtsm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtsm/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, libxkbcommon, pkgconfig }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, libxkbcommon, pkgconfig, autoconf, automake }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libtsm-3";
@@ -8,14 +8,22 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "01ygwrsxfii0pngfikgqsb4fxp8n1bbs47l7hck81h9b9bc1ah8i";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ libxkbcommon pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ libxkbcommon pkgconfig ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    autoconf automake
+   ];
+
+  preConfigure = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    aclocal
+  '';
 
   configureFlags = [ "--disable-debug" ];
 
-  meta = {
+  patches = lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./darwin.patch;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
     description = "Terminal-emulator State Machine";
     homepage = "http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/kmscon/libtsm/";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.shlevy ];
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ shlevy cstrahan ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 300b9ac4d332..920423b54a2f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7224,7 +7224,9 @@ let
 
   libtoxcore = callPackage ../development/libraries/libtoxcore { };
 
-  libtsm = callPackage ../development/libraries/libtsm { };
+  libtsm = callPackage ../development/libraries/libtsm {
+    automake = automake114x;
+  };
 
   libtunepimp = callPackage ../development/libraries/libtunepimp { };