diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/mpc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/mpc/default.nix
index b150e00762a1..1e8d73ce560f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/mpc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/mpc/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, pkgconfig, mpd_clientlib, sphinx }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, pkgconfig, mpd_clientlib, sphinx, libiconv }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mpc";
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1qbi0i9cq54rj8z2kapk8x8g1jkw2jz781niwb9i7kw4xfhvy5zx";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ mpd_clientlib ];
+  buildInputs = [ mpd_clientlib ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ libiconv ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig sphinx ];