diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/speedcrunch/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/speedcrunch/default.nix
index a4e15060fe3b..239b5fd6d367 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/speedcrunch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/speedcrunch/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ mkDerivation, lib, fetchFromBitbucket, cmake, qtbase, qttools }:
+{ stdenv, mkDerivation, lib, fetchFromBitbucket, cmake, qtbase, qttools }:
 
 mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "speedcrunch";
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ gebner j0hax ];
     inherit (qtbase.meta) platforms;
     # works with qt 5.6 and qt 5.8
-    broken = builtins.compareVersions qtbase.version "5.7.0" == 0;
+    broken = builtins.compareVersions qtbase.version "5.7.0" == 0 || stdenv.isDarwin;
   };
 }