diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix
index 4d8f005bf88e..131dbbfd09cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     rm "$out"/lib/libharfbuzz.* "$dev/lib/pkgconfig/harfbuzz.pc"
     ln -s {'${harfbuzz.out}',"$out"}/lib/libharfbuzz.la
     ln -s {'${harfbuzz.dev}',"$dev"}/lib/pkgconfig/harfbuzz.pc
+    ${optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+      ln -s {'${harfbuzz.out}',"$out"}/lib/libharfbuzz.dylib
+      ln -s {'${harfbuzz.out}',"$out"}/lib/libharfbuzz.0.dylib
+    ''}
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {