diff --git a/pkgs/games/flare/default.nix b/pkgs/games/flare/default.nix
index 28d8a17638a9..551276b1b25d 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/flare/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/flare/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-{ lib, buildEnv, callPackage, makeWrapper }:
+{ lib, buildEnv, callPackage, makeWrapper, Cocoa }:
 
 buildEnv {
   name = "flare-1.11";
 
   paths = [
-    (callPackage ./engine.nix {})
+    (callPackage ./engine.nix { inherit Cocoa; })
     (callPackage ./game.nix {})
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/games/flare/engine.nix b/pkgs/games/flare/engine.nix
index 526951921dba..74f983c64413 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/flare/engine.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/flare/engine.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, SDL2, SDL2_image, SDL2_mixer, SDL2_ttf }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, SDL2, SDL2_image, SDL2_mixer, SDL2_ttf, Cocoa }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "flare-engine";
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
-  buildInputs = [ SDL2 SDL2_image SDL2_mixer SDL2_ttf ];
+  buildInputs = [ SDL2 SDL2_image SDL2_mixer SDL2_ttf ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin Cocoa;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Free/Libre Action Roleplaying Engine";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1d4295586fa2..1b9e3dad000c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2997,7 +2997,9 @@ in
 
   flannel = callPackage ../tools/networking/flannel { };
 
-  flare = callPackage ../games/flare { };
+  flare = callPackage ../games/flare {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa;
+  };
 
   flashbench = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/flashbench { };