diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/libgovirt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/libgovirt/default.nix
index 9c9da54c3632..0815781c21f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/libgovirt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/libgovirt/default.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "HckYYikXa9+p8l/Y+oLAoFi2pgwcyAfHUH7IqTwPHfg=";
   };
 
+  patches = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    # The flag breaks the build on darwin and doesn't seem necessary
+    ./no-version-script-ld-flag.patch
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
     gobject-introspection
@@ -46,8 +51,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgovirt";
     description = "GObject wrapper for the oVirt REST API";
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.amarshall ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ amarshall atemu ];
+    platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
     license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/libgovirt/no-version-script-ld-flag.patch b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/libgovirt/no-version-script-ld-flag.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a837c3bf0642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/libgovirt/no-version-script-ld-flag.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- a/govirt/Makefile.in
++++ b/govirt/Makefile.in
+@@ -511,8 +511,7 @@
+ libgovirt_la_LDFLAGS = \
+ 	-version-info $(LT_CURRENT):$(LT_REVISION):$(LT_AGE)	\
+ 	-export-dynamic						\
+-	-no-undefined						\
+-	-Wl,--version-script=$(srcdir)/govirt.sym
++	-no-undefined
+ 
+ libgovirt_la_CFLAGS = \
+ 	$(WARNINGFLAGS_C)
+
+Diff finished.  Fri Oct 28 10:36:38 2022