diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libaosd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libaosd/default.nix
index a6b9d531abf..540fc10998e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libaosd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libaosd/default.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       composited rendering via XComposite, as well as support for
       rendering Cairo and Pango layouts.
     '';
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
     homepage = "https://github.com/atheme-legacy/libaosd";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ unode ];