diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202103.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202103.nix
index 712f89e383ff..59294496f80a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202103.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202103.nix
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       url = "https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/commit/808bc202fc13e85a7948db0d7fb58f0f051200b1.patch";
       sha256 = "sha256-ayY/aV/xWOdEyFSDqV7B5WDGvZ0ASr/aeBeYwP5RZVc=";
     })
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    # Don’t propagate the path to CoreFoundation. Otherwise, it’s impossible to build packages
+    # that require a different SDK other than the default one.
+    ./cmake-core-foundation.patch
   ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202111.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202111.nix
index d40ca0bd4ab2..0c1a173eca44 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202111.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202111.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-sSXT6D4JSrk3dA7kVaxfKkzOMBpqXQb0WbMYWG+nGwk=";
   };
 
+  patches = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    # Don’t propagate the path to CoreFoundation. Otherwise, it’s impossible to build packages
+    # that require a different SDK other than the default one.
+    ./cmake-core-foundation.patch
+  ];
+
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=${if static then "OFF" else "ON"}"
   ] ++ lib.optionals (cxxStandard != null) [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202206.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202206.nix
index 7ca25f414040..a605be3c05ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202206.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202206.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-Od1FZOOWEXVQsnZBwGjDIExi6LdYtomyL0STR44SsG8=";
   };
 
+  patches = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    # Don’t propagate the path to CoreFoundation. Otherwise, it’s impossible to build packages
+    # that require a different SDK other than the default one.
+    ./cmake-core-foundation.patch
+  ];
+
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=${if static then "OFF" else "ON"}"
   ] ++ lib.optionals (cxxStandard != null) [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202301.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202301.nix
index da5f1fc029e1..4676264c26d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202301.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202301.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-PLoI7ix+reUqkZ947kWzls8lujYqWXk9A9a55UcfahI=";
   };
 
+  patches = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    # Don’t propagate the path to CoreFoundation. Otherwise, it’s impossible to build packages
+    # that require a different SDK other than the default one.
+    ./cmake-core-foundation.patch
+  ];
+
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DABSL_BUILD_TEST_HELPERS=ON"
     "-DABSL_USE_EXTERNAL_GOOGLETEST=ON"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202308.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202308.nix
index 7ec0ac8a775f..78651024ab5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202308.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202308.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-uNGrTNg5G5xFGtc+BSWE389x0tQ/KxJQLHfebNWas/k=";
   };
 
+  patches = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    # Don’t propagate the path to CoreFoundation. Otherwise, it’s impossible to build packages
+    # that require a different SDK other than the default one.
+    ./cmake-core-foundation.patch
+  ];
+
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DABSL_BUILD_TEST_HELPERS=ON"
     "-DABSL_USE_EXTERNAL_GOOGLETEST=ON"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/cmake-core-foundation.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/cmake-core-foundation.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..61b57456b3fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/cmake-core-foundation.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ur a/absl/time/CMakeLists.txt b/absl/time/CMakeLists.txt
+--- a/absl/time/CMakeLists.txt	1969-12-31 19:00:01.000000000 -0500
++++ b/absl/time/CMakeLists.txt	2023-10-30 21:50:32.639061785 -0400
+@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
+ )
+ 
+ if(APPLE)
+-  find_library(CoreFoundation CoreFoundation)
++  set(CoreFoundation "-framework CoreFoundation")
+ endif()
+ 
+ absl_cc_library(