diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/tev/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/tev/default.nix
index 7a5dde82f16..e32226ad2f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/tev/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/tev/default.nix
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     badPlatforms = [ "aarch64-linux" ]; # fails on Hydra since forever
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin; # needs apple frameworks + SDK fix? see #205247
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/zenity/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/zenity/default.nix
index cd6a9c59c74..1bb1f4384b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/zenity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/zenity/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Tool to display dialogs from the commandline and shell scripts";
     homepage = "https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Zenity";
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = teams.gnome.members;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/nfd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/nfd/default.nix
index ab6e1b83d79..148b074666e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/nfd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/nfd/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ fetchFromGitHub, buildLuarocksPackage, lua, pkg-config, lib
-, substituteAll, zenity }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, buildLuarocksPackage, lua, pkg-config, lib
+, substituteAll, zenity, AppKit }:
 
 buildLuarocksPackage {
   pname = "nfd";
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ buildLuarocksPackage {
   extraVariables.LUA_LIBDIR = "${lua}/lib";
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
 
+  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ AppKit ];
+
   fixupPhase = ''
     find $out -name nfd_zenity.so -execdir mv {} nfd.so \;
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
index 3617e763233..261f92c498c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ in
 
   nfd = callPackage ../development/lua-modules/nfd {
     inherit (pkgs.gnome) zenity;
+    inherit (pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AppKit;
   };
 
   vicious = (callPackage ({ fetchFromGitHub }: stdenv.mkDerivation rec {