diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/smartmontools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/smartmontools/default.nix
index 8445767e7b78..cc30cd7a4881 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/smartmontools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/smartmontools/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl
+, IOKit ? null }:
 
 let
   version = "6.4";
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "11bsxcghh7adzdklcslamlynydxb708vfz892d5w7agdq405ddza";
   };
 
+  buildInputs = [] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin IOKit;
+
   patchPhase = ''
     cp ${driverdb} drivedb.h
     sed -i -e 's@which which >/dev/null || exit 1@alias which="type -p"@' update-smart-drivedb.in
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 914f31522002..3137da9d36c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3498,7 +3498,9 @@ in
 
   slsnif = callPackage ../tools/misc/slsnif { };
 
-  smartmontools = callPackage ../tools/system/smartmontools { };
+  smartmontools = callPackage ../tools/system/smartmontools {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) IOKit;
+  };
 
   smbldaptools = callPackage ../tools/networking/smbldaptools {
     inherit (perlPackages) NetLDAP CryptSmbHash DigestSHA1;