diff --git a/pkgs/shells/zsh/default.nix b/pkgs/shells/zsh/default.nix
index 821247535050..9cca9840db57 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/zsh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/zsh/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     })
   ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook yodl perl groff util-linux texinfo ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook perl groff util-linux texinfo ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [ yodl ];
 
   buildInputs = [ ncurses pcre ];
 
@@ -55,9 +55,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   checkFlags = map (T: "TESTNUM=${T}") (lib.stringToCharacters "ABCDEVW");
 
   # XXX: think/discuss about this, also with respect to nixos vs nix-on-X
-  postInstall = ''
+  postInstall = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    make install.bin install.modules install.fns
+    '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
     make install.info install.html
-
+    '' + ''
     mkdir -p $out/etc/
     cat > $out/etc/zprofile <<EOF
 if test -e /etc/NIXOS; then