diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libc++/darwin.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libc++/darwin.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bf83f169cfc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libc++/darwin.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+diff -ru -x '*~' libcxx-3.4.2.src-orig/lib/CMakeLists.txt libcxx-3.4.2.src/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+--- libcxx-3.4.2.src-orig/lib/CMakeLists.txt	2013-11-15 18:18:57.000000000 +0100
++++ libcxx-3.4.2.src/lib/CMakeLists.txt	2014-09-24 14:04:01.000000000 +0200
+@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
+       "-compatibility_version 1"
+       "-current_version ${LIBCXX_VERSION}"
+       "-install_name /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib"
+-      "-Wl,-reexport_library,/usr/lib/libc++abi.dylib"
++      "-Wl,-reexport_library,${LIBCXX_LIBCXXABI_LIB_PATH}/libc++abi.dylib"
+       "-Wl,-unexported_symbols_list,${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libc++unexp.exp"
+       "/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib")
+   else()
+@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@
+       list(FIND ${CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES} "armv7" OSX_HAS_ARMV7)
+       if (OSX_HAS_ARMV7)
+         set(OSX_RE_EXPORT_LINE
+-          "${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT}/usr/lib/libc++abi.dylib"
++          "${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT}${LIBCXX_LIBCXXABI_LIB_PATH}/libc++abi.dylib"
+           "-Wl,-reexported_symbols_list,${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libc++sjlj-abi.exp")
+       else()
+         set(OSX_RE_EXPORT_LINE
+-          "-Wl,-reexport_library,${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT}/usr/lib/libc++abi.dylib")
++          "-Wl,-reexport_library,${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT}${LIBCXX_LIBCXXABI_LIB_PATH}/libc++abi.dylib")
+       endif()
+     else()
+-      set (OSX_RE_EXPORT_LINE "/usr/lib/libc++abi.dylib -Wl,-reexported_symbols_list,${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libc++abi${LIBCXX_LIBCPPABI_VERSION}.exp")
++      set (OSX_RE_EXPORT_LINE "${LIBCXX_LIBCXXABI_LIB_PATH}/libc++abi.dylib -Wl,-reexported_symbols_list,${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libc++abi${LIBCXX_LIBCPPABI_VERSION}.exp")
+     endif()
+ 
+     list(APPEND link_flags
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libc++/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libc++/default.nix
index 9f6f1ecdeb57..e956b1877c61 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libc++/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libc++/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, libcxxabi }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, libcxxabi, fixDarwinDylibNames }:
 
 let version = "3.4.2"; in
 
@@ -10,11 +10,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0z3jdvgcq995khkpis5c5vaxhbmvbqjlalbhn09k6pgb5zp46rc2";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ cmake libcxxabi ];
+  patches = [ ./darwin.patch ];
 
-  cmakeFlags = [ "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
-                 "-DLIBCXX_LIBCXXABI_INCLUDE_PATHS=${libcxxabi}/include"
-                 "-DLIBCXX_CXX_ABI=libcxxabi" ];
+  buildInputs = [ cmake libcxxabi ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin fixDarwinDylibNames;
+
+  cmakeFlags =
+    [ "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
+      "-DLIBCXX_LIBCXXABI_INCLUDE_PATHS=${libcxxabi}/include"
+      "-DLIBCXX_LIBCXXABI_LIB_PATH=${libcxxabi}/lib"
+      "-DLIBCXX_CXX_ABI=libcxxabi"
+    ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;