diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/musikcube/0001-apple-cmake.patch b/pkgs/applications/audio/musikcube/0001-apple-cmake.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3c4630af4aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/musikcube/0001-apple-cmake.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff --git a/src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt b/src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt
+index f42748aa..ae339946 100644
+--- a/src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -98,9 +98,6 @@ else()
+ endif()
+ 
+ if (APPLE)
+-    message(STATUS "[ncurses] detected Darwin, linking statically")
+-    set(CURSES_LIBRARY_NAME "lib${CURSES_LIBRARY_NAME}.a")
+-    set(PANEL_LIBRARY_NAME "lib${PANEL_LIBRARY_NAME}.a")
+ else()
+     message(STATUS "[ncurses] not Darwin! will attempt to link against libtinfo")
+     find_library(LIBTINFO NAMES tinfo)
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/musikcube/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/musikcube/default.nix
index ce51206b12d..0557ee2e676 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/musikcube/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/musikcube/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 { cmake
 , pkg-config
-, alsa-lib
 , boost
 , curl
 , fetchFromGitHub
@@ -11,12 +10,17 @@
 , libev
 , libmicrohttpd
 , ncurses
-, pulseaudio
 , lib
 , stdenv
 , taglib
+# Linux Dependencies
+, alsa-lib
+, pulseaudio
 , systemdSupport ? stdenv.isLinux
 , systemd
+# Darwin Dependencies
+, Cocoa
+, SystemConfiguration
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -38,14 +42,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       url = "https://github.com/clangen/musikcube/commit/1240720e27232fdb199a4da93ca6705864442026.patch";
       sha256 = "0bhjgwnj6d24wb1m9xz1vi1k9xk27arba1absjbcimggn54pinid";
     })
+    ./0001-apple-cmake.patch
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     pkg-config
   ];
+
   buildInputs = [
-    alsa-lib
     boost
     curl
     ffmpeg
@@ -54,9 +59,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libev
     libmicrohttpd
     ncurses
-    pulseaudio
     taglib
-  ] ++ lib.optional systemdSupport systemd;
+  ] ++ lib.optional systemdSupport [
+    systemd
+  ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isLinux [
+    alsa-lib pulseaudio
+  ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin [
+    Cocoa SystemConfiguration
+  ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DDISABLE_STRIP=true"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4d6d6aba138..76c56740605 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -27002,7 +27002,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   marker = callPackage ../applications/editors/marker { };
 
-  musikcube = callPackage ../applications/audio/musikcube {};
+  musikcube = callPackage ../applications/audio/musikcube {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa SystemConfiguration;
+  };
 
   libmt32emu = callPackage ../applications/audio/munt/libmt32emu.nix { };