diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/rlottie/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/rlottie/default.nix
index 825b00b879ea..8cc4e3504408 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/rlottie/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/rlottie/default.nix
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkg-config ];
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString (stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.isAarch64) "-U__ARM_NEON__";
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/Samsung/rlottie";
     description = "A platform independent standalone c++ library for rendering vector based animations and art in realtime";
     license = with licenses; [ mit bsd3 mpl11 ftl ];
     platforms = platforms.all;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ CRTified ];
-    # never built on aarch64-darwin since first introduction in nixpkgs
-    broken = stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.isAarch64;
   };
 }