diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/configurable.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/configurable.nix
index ad64772de554..8b49850d6003 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/configurable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/configurable.nix
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ lib.optional tclSupport tcl
     ++ lib.optional rubySupport ruby;
 
+  # error: '__declspec' attributes are not enabled; use '-fdeclspec' or '-fms-extensions' to enable support for __declspec attributes
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-fdeclspec";
+
   preConfigure = "" + lib.optionalString ftNixSupport ''
       cp ${vimPlugins.vim-nix.src}/ftplugin/nix.vim runtime/ftplugin/nix.vim
       cp ${vimPlugins.vim-nix.src}/indent/nix.vim runtime/indent/nix.vim