diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix
index 9cdd2a275bff..2e596b17af3d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, freetype, cairo, libintlOrEmpty
 , icu, graphite2
 , withIcu ? false # recommended by upstream as default, but most don't needed and it's big
-, withGraphite2 ? !stdenv.isDarwin # it is small and major distros do include it
+, withGraphite2 ? true # it is small and major distros do include it
 }:
 
 # TODO: split non-icu and icu lib into different outputs?
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/silgraphite/graphite2.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/silgraphite/graphite2.nix
index f874804c0010..83f64d1eb009 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/silgraphite/graphite2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/silgraphite/graphite2.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig freetype cmake ];
 
+  patches = stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ ./macosx.patch ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "An advanced font engine";
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/silgraphite/macosx.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/silgraphite/macosx.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7929c1967c82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/silgraphite/macosx.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ set_target_properties(graphite2 PROPERTIES  PUBLIC_HEADER "${GRAPHITE_HEADERS}"
+                                             VERSION ${GRAPHITE_VERSION}
+                                             LT_VERSION_CURRENT ${GRAPHITE_API_CURRENT}
+                                             LT_VERSION_REVISION ${GRAPHITE_API_REVISION}
+-                                            LT_VERSION_AGE ${GRAPHITE_API_AGE})
++                                            LT_VERSION_AGE ${GRAPHITE_API_AGE}
++                                            INSTALL_NAME_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib${LIB_SUFFIX})
+ 
+ if (${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} STREQUAL "ClangASN")
+     set(GRAPHITE_LINK_FLAGS "-fsanitize=address")
+
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix
index f91af9fcad4c..bd3a4362be9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ rec {
   setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
 
   doMainBuild = fullDepEntry ( stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="${poppler}/lib:${graphite2}/lib"
+    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="${poppler}/lib"
   '' + ''
     mkdir -p $out
     mkdir -p $out/nix-support
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ rec {
     PATH=$PATH:$out/bin mktexlsr $out/share/texmf*
   '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
     for prog in $out/bin/*; do
-      wrapProgram "$prog" --prefix DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${poppler}/lib:${graphite2}/lib"
+      wrapProgram "$prog" --prefix DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${poppler}/lib"
     done
   '' ) [ "minInit" "defEnsureDir" "doUnpack" "doMakeInstall" "promoteLibexec" "patchShebangsInterim"];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8059acd22349..d25e33bd81fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10956,7 +10956,7 @@ let
       libXmu libXext xextproto libSM libICE;
     ghostscript = ghostscriptX;
     harfbuzz = harfbuzz.override {
-      withIcu = true; withGraphite2 = !stdenv.isDarwin;
+      withIcu = true; withGraphite2 = true;
     };
   };