diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/gstreamer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/gstreamer/default.nix
index 4ef3e98cb75..34407299914 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/gstreamer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/gstreamer/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, buildDunePackage, fetchFromGitHub, dune-configurator, pkg-config, glib, gst_all_1 }:
+{ lib, stdenv, buildDunePackage, fetchFromGitHub, dune-configurator, AppKit, Foundation, pkg-config, glib, gst_all_1 }:
 
 buildDunePackage rec {
   pname = "gstreamer";
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ buildDunePackage rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ dune-configurator ];
+  buildInputs = [ dune-configurator ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ AppKit Foundation ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib.dev gst_all_1.gstreamer.dev gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base ];
 
   CFLAGS_COMPILE = [
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index f2816f20cba..5e6ec1a742d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -522,7 +522,9 @@ let
       inherit (pkgs) gsl;
     };
 
-    gstreamer = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/gstreamer { };
+    gstreamer = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/gstreamer {
+      inherit (pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AppKit Foundation;
+    };
 
     h2 = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/h2 { };