diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/mp3blaster/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/mp3blaster/default.nix
index ed7a4e786f07..eb5aa7c036cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/mp3blaster/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/mp3blaster/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ncurses, libvorbis }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ncurses, libvorbis, SDL }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   version = "3.2.6";
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [
     ncurses
     libvorbis
-  ];
+  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin SDL;
 
   buildFlags = [ "CXXFLAGS=-Wno-narrowing" ];