diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
index 72df121200e08..c1a62c16e756d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 , gperf
 , dejavu_fonts
 , autoreconfHook
+, CoreFoundation
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [
     expat
-  ];
+  ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin CoreFoundation;
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     freetype
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ae19e77cadb87..2ec3f5dff0828 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12311,7 +12311,9 @@ in
 
   cfitsio = callPackage ../development/libraries/cfitsio { };
 
-  fontconfig = callPackage ../development/libraries/fontconfig { };
+  fontconfig = callPackage ../development/libraries/fontconfig {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreFoundation;
+  };
 
   folly = callPackage ../development/libraries/folly { };