diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xplr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xplr/default.nix
index 1bc02e8952e..f32aa8456e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/xplr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xplr/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib, stdenv, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, libiconv }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "xplr";
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     sha256 = "00kmmdwwf9cll25bkszgin2021ggf9b28jlcpicin5kgw4iwlhkj";
   };
 
+  buildInputs = lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin libiconv;
+
   cargoSha256 = "1j43vwb885h355wdmjijz1qpkqn1dmb93hwi6vc035vkbbxs1g4r";
 
   meta = with lib; {