diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/qgrep/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/qgrep/default.nix
index 5f0e7461361d..c45398e31a1f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/qgrep/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/qgrep/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, CoreServices, CoreFoundation, fetchpatch }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "1.1";
@@ -12,6 +12,20 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
+  patches = stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/zeux/qgrep/commit/21c4d1a5ab0f0bdaa0b5ca993c1315c041418cc6.patch";
+      sha256 = "0wpxzrd9pmhgbgby17vb8279xwvkxfdd99gvv7r74indgdxqg7v8";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ CoreServices CoreFoundation ];
+
+  postPatch = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isAarch64 ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile \
+      --replace "-msse2" "" --replace "-DUSE_SSE2" ""
+  '';
+
   installPhase = '' 
     install -Dm755 qgrep $out/bin/qgrep
   '';
@@ -23,5 +37,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     maintainers = [ maintainers.yrashk ];
     platforms = platforms.all;
   };
-
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8aa334676608..549c22767aeb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5911,7 +5911,9 @@ in
   qesteidutil = libsForQt5.callPackage ../tools/security/qesteidutil { } ;
   qdigidoc = libsForQt5.callPackage ../tools/security/qdigidoc { } ;
 
-  qgrep = callPackage ../tools/text/qgrep {};
+  qgrep = callPackage ../tools/text/qgrep {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices CoreFoundation;
+  };
 
   qhull = callPackage ../development/libraries/qhull { };