diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/default.nix
index 14211ea65e9a..27f66ff68812 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${ilmbase.dev}/include/OpenEXR";
 
+  # Fixes compilation with clang (on darwin) see https://github.com/ukoethe/vigra/issues/414
+  patches =
+    let clangPatch = fetchurl { url = "https://github.com/ukoethe/vigra/commit/81958d302494e137f98a8b1d7869841532f90388.patch";
+                                sha256 = "1i1w6smijgb5z8bg9jaq84ccy00k2sxm87s37lgjpyix901gjlgi"; };
+    in [ clangPatch ];
+
   buildInputs = [ boost cmake fftw fftwSinglePrec hdf5 ilmbase libjpeg libpng
                   libtiff numpy openexr python ];
 
@@ -31,6 +37,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = https://hci.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/vigra;
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.viric ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
 }