diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-about/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-about/default.nix
index 8b98858e823..4229f762bbc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-about/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-about/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-{ lib, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, zstd, stdenv }:
+{ lib
+, rustPlatform
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pkg-config
+, zstd
+, stdenv
+, darwin
+}:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "cargo-about";
@@ -11,14 +18,21 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-T8Hhody0jMmZb6/xMkSvKCv4STZPbcrf/UB3APspYDM=";
   };
 
-  # enable pkg-config feature of zstd
-  cargoPatches = [ ./zstd-pkg-config.patch ];
+  cargoPatches = [
+    # update mimalloc to fix build with older apple sdks
+    ./update-mimalloc.patch
 
-  cargoSha256 = "sha256-x/HzDYNy0FDxJmhjSUUEiyahM7Sw27aC+ULP/Ii0X/8=";
+    # enable pkg-config feature of zstd
+    ./zstd-pkg-config.patch
+  ];
+
+  cargoSha256 = "sha256-2Reqj+WP6OoaB/3Z5llZP4c5ToVmMNX0Fe0IqDwcg2E=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ zstd ];
+  buildInputs = [ zstd ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Security
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Cargo plugin to generate list of all licenses for a crate";
@@ -26,6 +40,5 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     changelog = "https://github.com/EmbarkStudios/cargo-about/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = with licenses; [ mit /* or */ asl20 ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ evanjs figsoda ];
-    broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-about/update-mimalloc.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-about/update-mimalloc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2d467fb811c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-about/update-mimalloc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+--- a/Cargo.lock
++++ b/Cargo.lock
+@@ -829,9 +829,9 @@ checksum = "efaa7b300f3b5fe8eb6bf21ce3895e1751d9665086af2d64b42f19701015ff4f"
+ 
+ [[package]]
+ name = "libmimalloc-sys"
+-version = "0.1.24"
++version = "0.1.26"
+ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+-checksum = "7705fc40f6ed493f73584abbb324e74f96b358ff60dfe5659a0f8fc12c590a69"
++checksum = "8fc093ab289b0bfda3aa1bdfab9c9542be29c7ef385cfcbe77f8c9813588eb48"
+ dependencies = [
+  "cc",
+ ]
+@@ -884,9 +884,9 @@ dependencies = [
+ 
+ [[package]]
+ name = "mimalloc"
+-version = "0.1.28"
++version = "0.1.30"
+ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+-checksum = "b0dfa131390c2f6bdb3242f65ff271fcdaca5ff7b6c08f28398be7f2280e3926"
++checksum = "76ce6a4b40d3bff9eb3ce9881ca0737a85072f9f975886082640cd46a75cdb35"
+ dependencies = [
+  "libmimalloc-sys",
+ ]