diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/esbuild/netlify.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/esbuild/netlify.nix
index efd5b917e9cd..6520c53dd1f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/esbuild/netlify.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/esbuild/netlify.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-{ buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, lib }:
+{ lib
+, buildGoModule
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
+, netlify-cli
+}:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "esbuild";
@@ -11,7 +16,25 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     sha256 = "0asjmqfzdrpfx2hd5hkac1swp52qknyqavsm59j8xr4c1ixhc6n9";
   };
 
-  vendorSha256 = "sha256-2ABWPqhK2Cf4ipQH7XvRrd+ZscJhYPc3SV2cGT0apdg=";
+  vendorSha256 = "sha256-+BfxCyg0KkDQpHt/wycy/8CTG6YBA/VJvJFhhzUnSiQ=";
+
+  patches = [
+    # Both upstream patches update the same dependency "x/sys". It's required for darwin compatibility.
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/commit/2567e099fcc6959e630f100b2c737ca80e88ba82.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-KdX/Ru9TBX0mSDaS1ijxgzDI+2AoCvt6Wilhpca3VC0=";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/commit/fd13718c6195afb9e63682476a774fa6d4483be0.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-va/bXRBQf9qgE9LZXcKKAa0ZpMt/QG7BFClJ8bPWG1Y=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  passthru = {
+    tests = {
+      inherit netlify-cli;
+    };
+  };
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A fork of esbuild maintained by netlify";