diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/default.nix
index 1007f4df8cad..7e6b584f9668 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/default.nix
@@ -511,6 +511,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # The templates get tar’d up into a .jar,
     # so nix can’t detect python is needed in the runtime closure
     echo "${python3}" >> $out/nix-support/depends
+  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    echo "${cctools}" >> $out/nix-support/depends
   '';
 
   dontStrip = true;