diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pangolin/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pangolin/default.nix
index f5b2f4c2b997..09cbd86eb92b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pangolin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pangolin/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkgconfig, doxygen, mesa_noglu, glew, xorg
-, ffmpeg, python3 , libjpeg, libpng, libtiff, eigen }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkgconfig, doxygen, mesa_noglu, glew
+, xorg , ffmpeg, python3 , libjpeg, libpng, libtiff, eigen
+, Carbon ? null, Cocoa ? null
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "pangolin-${version}";
@@ -25,7 +27,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libpng 
     libtiff 
     eigen 
-  ];
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ Carbon Cocoa ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index eb0ee3bc767a..996691fa4351 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8180,7 +8180,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   pango = callPackage ../development/libraries/pango { };
 
-  pangolin = callPackage ../development/libraries/pangolin { };
+  pangolin = callPackage ../development/libraries/pangolin {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Carbon Cocoa;
+  };
 
   pangomm = callPackage ../development/libraries/pangomm {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) ApplicationServices;