diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/netcdf-fortran/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/netcdf-fortran/default.nix
index fc13fbe85bf..40f22b0cabe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/netcdf-fortran/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/netcdf-fortran/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, netcdf, hdf5, curl, gfortran }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, netcdf, hdf5, curl, gfortran, CoreFoundation }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "netcdf-fortran";
   version = "4.4.5";
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ gfortran ];
-  buildInputs = [ netcdf hdf5 curl ];
+  buildInputs = [ netcdf hdf5 curl ]
+    ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin CoreFoundation;
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3be7e01984a..0f84f9c7690 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7948,7 +7948,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   netcdfcxx4 = callPackage ../development/libraries/netcdf-cxx4 { };
 
-  netcdffortran = callPackage ../development/libraries/netcdf-fortran { };
+  netcdffortran = callPackage ../development/libraries/netcdf-fortran {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreFoundation;
+  };
 
   networking-ts-cxx = callPackage ../development/libraries/networking-ts-cxx { };