diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/the-way/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/the-way/default.nix
index 5a3bdc7b9859..a41c7283b0f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/the-way/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/the-way/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, rustPlatform }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, rustPlatform, AppKit, Security }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "the-way";
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     sha256 = "0h33jsai8gvfp0js06qa8cqpzfbjkd001kfj6p24d08ds2i00asx";
   };
 
+  buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin  [ AppKit Security ];
+
   cargoSha256 = "1r0mv1q1bz67zbxnd5qmji4svcbln8h5h0gysfddpn4dy9424fp3";
   #checkFlags = "--test-threads=1";
   doCheck = false;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 77b25f0ea598..71ee0dc0f7f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3327,7 +3327,9 @@ in
 
   teamocil = callPackage ../tools/misc/teamocil { };
 
-  the-way = callPackage ../development/tools/the-way { };
+  the-way = callPackage ../development/tools/the-way {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AppKit Security;
+  };
 
   tsm-client = callPackage ../tools/backup/tsm-client { jdk8 = null; };
   tsm-client-withGui = callPackage ../tools/backup/tsm-client { };