diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/writers/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/writers/default.nix
index 88da1ca54a97..ca0184beeb0c 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/writers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/writers/default.nix
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ let
       passAsFile = [ "content" ];
     } else {
       contentPath = content;
+    } // lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin && stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64) {
+      # post-link-hook expects codesign_allocate to be in PATH
+      # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/154203
+      # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/148189
+      nativeBuildInputs = [ stdenv.cc.bintools ];
     }) ''
       ${compileScript}
       ${lib.optionalString strip