diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/ncmpc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/ncmpc/default.nix
index cb0f35ebc156..09c718c63e92 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/ncmpc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/ncmpc/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ glib ncurses mpd_clientlib ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig gettext ];
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-lintl";
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Curses-based interface for MPD (music player daemon)";
     homepage    = http://www.musicpd.org/clients/ncmpc/;