diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/muparser/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/muparser/default.nix
index d058322660cf..4d3fe41dff82 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/muparser/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/muparser/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, unzip}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, setfile}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "muparser";
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "00l92k231yb49wijzkspa2l58mapn6vh2dlxnlg0pawjjfv33s6z";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ unzip ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    unzip
+  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [setfile];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://muparser.sourceforge.net;
     description = "An extensible high performance math expression parser library written in C++";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux ++ stdenv.lib.platforms.darwin;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 24b3e1d3d239..e0ce966c6628 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12973,7 +12973,9 @@ in
 
   mumlib = callPackage ../development/libraries/mumlib { };
 
-  muparser = callPackage ../development/libraries/muparser { };
+  muparser = callPackage ../development/libraries/muparser {
+    inherit (darwin.stubs) setfile;
+  };
 
   mutest = callPackage ../development/libraries/mutest { };