diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cardpeek/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cardpeek/default.nix
index 1d5baf9f6b34..adabcdac9542 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cardpeek/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cardpeek/default.nix
@@ -1,29 +1,50 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, autoreconfHook,
-  glib, gtk3, pcsclite, lua5_2, curl, readline }:
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pkg-config
+, autoreconfHook
+, glib
+, gtk3
+, pcsclite
+, lua5_2
+, curl
+, readline
+, PCSC
+, xcbuild
+}:
 let
   version = "0.8.4";
 in
-  stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    pname = "cardpeek";
-    inherit version;
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "cardpeek";
+  inherit version;
 
-    src = fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "L1L1";
-      repo = "cardpeek";
-      rev = "cardpeek-${version}";
-      sha256 = "1ighpl7nvcvwnsd6r5h5n9p95kclwrq99hq7bry7s53yr57l6588";
-    };
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "L1L1";
+    repo = "cardpeek";
+    rev = "cardpeek-${version}";
+    sha256 = "1ighpl7nvcvwnsd6r5h5n9p95kclwrq99hq7bry7s53yr57l6588";
+  };
 
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config autoreconfHook ];
-    buildInputs = [ glib gtk3 pcsclite lua5_2 curl readline ];
+  postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    # replace xcode check and hard-coded PCSC framework path
+    substituteInPlace configure.ac \
+      --replace 'if test ! -e "/Applications/Xcode.app/"; then' 'if test yes != yes; then' \
+      --replace 'PCSC_HEADERS=`ls -d /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/*.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/PCSC.framework/Versions/Current/Headers/ | sort | head -1`' 'PCSC_HEADERS=${PCSC}/Library/Frameworks/PCSC.framework/Headers'
+  '';
 
-    enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config autoreconfHook ];
+  buildInputs = [ glib gtk3 lua5_2 curl readline ]
+    ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin PCSC
+    ++ lib.optional stdenv.isLinux pcsclite;
 
-    meta = with lib; {
-      homepage = "https://github.com/L1L1/cardpeek";
-      description = "A tool to read the contents of ISO7816 smart cards";
-      license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
-      platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ embr ];
-    };
-  }
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/L1L1/cardpeek";
+    description = "A tool to read the contents of ISO7816 smart cards";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ embr ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4b949111d210..eb61b31b3507 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2379,7 +2379,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   catclock = callPackage ../applications/misc/catclock { };
 
-  cardpeek = callPackage ../applications/misc/cardpeek { };
+  cardpeek = callPackage ../applications/misc/cardpeek { inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) PCSC; };
 
   cawbird = callPackage ../applications/networking/cawbird { };