diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/spidermonkey/17.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/spidermonkey/17.nix
index 9c47ebe79b6e..e2eef0fab695 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/spidermonkey/17.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/spidermonkey/17.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, nspr, perl, python2, zip, libffi, readline }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, nspr, perl, python2, zip, libffi
+, enableReadline ? (!stdenv.isDarwin), readline
+, libobjc }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "17.0.0";
@@ -14,7 +16,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ nspr ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ perl python2 zip libffi readline ];
+  buildInputs = [ perl python2 zip libffi readline ]
+             ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableReadline readline
+             ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin libobjc;
 
   postUnpack = "sourceRoot=\${sourceRoot}/js/src";
 
@@ -48,7 +52,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--enable-threadsafe"
     "--with-system-nspr"
     "--with-system-ffi"
-    "--enable-readline"
+    (if enableReadline then "--enable-readline" else "--disable-readline")
   ];
 
   # hack around a make problem, see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/1279#issuecomment-29547393
@@ -64,6 +68,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/scm-commits/Week-of-Mon-20130617/1041155.html
     echo -e '#!${stdenv.shell}\nexit 0' > config/find_vanilla_new_calls
 
+  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
     paxmark m shell/js17
     paxmark mr jsapi-tests/jsapi-tests
   '';
@@ -78,7 +83,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = https://developer.mozilla.org/en/SpiderMonkey;
     # TODO: MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license.
     maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
 }
-
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fc3c4db2690b..7a91080212fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7514,7 +7514,10 @@ with pkgs;
   spark_22 = callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/spark { version = "2.2.1"; };
 
   spidermonkey_1_8_5 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/spidermonkey/1.8.5.nix { };
-  spidermonkey_17 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/spidermonkey/17.nix { };
+  spidermonkey_17 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/spidermonkey/17.nix {
+    inherit (darwin) libobjc;
+    stdenv = gccStdenv;
+  };
   spidermonkey_31 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/spidermonkey/31.nix { };
   spidermonkey_38 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/spidermonkey/38.nix ({
     inherit (darwin) libobjc;