diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/gtksourceview/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/gtksourceview/default.nix
index c69ee82fa265..7c9cd42a0e97 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/gtksourceview/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/gtksourceview/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, atk, cairo, glib, gtk, pango, 
-  libxml2Python, perl, intltool, gettext}:
+{stdenv, fetchpatch, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, atk, cairo, glib
+, gnome_common, gtk, pango
+, libxml2Python, perl, intltool, gettext, gtk-mac-integration }:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gtksourceview-${version}";
@@ -9,6 +12,29 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gtksourceview/2.10/${name}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "c585773743b1df8a04b1be7f7d90eecdf22681490d6810be54c81a7ae152191e";
   };
-  buildInputs = [pkgconfig atk cairo glib gtk pango libxml2Python perl intltool
-    gettext];
+
+  patches = optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "change-igemacintegration-to-gtkosxapplication.patch";
+      url = "https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtksourceview/patch/?id=e88357c5f210a8796104505c090fb6a04c213902";
+      sha256 = "0h5q79q9dqbg46zcyay71xn1pm4aji925gjd5j93v4wqn41wj5m7";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "update-to-gtk-mac-integration-2.0-api.patch";
+      url = "https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtksourceview/patch/?id=ab46e552e1d0dae73f72adac8d578e40bdadaf95";
+      sha256 = "0qzrbv4hpa0v8qbmpi2vp575n13lkrvp3cgllwrd2pslw1v9q3aj";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig atk cairo glib gtk
+    pango libxml2Python perl intltool
+    gettext
+  ] ++ optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    autoreconfHook gnome_common gtk-mac-integration
+  ];
+
+  preConfigure = optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    intltoolize --force
+  '';
 }