diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/default.nix
index 395e71049b5b..d0306dd33a49 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { lib
+, stdenv
 , fetchpatch
 , installShellFiles
 , ninja
@@ -7,6 +8,10 @@
 , zlib
 , coreutils
 , substituteAll
+, Foundation
+, OpenGL
+, AppKit
+, Cocoa
 }:
 
 python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
@@ -70,12 +75,19 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
       url = "https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/commit/a38ad3039d0680f3ac34a6dc487776c79c48acf3.patch";
       hash = "sha256-9YaXwc+F3Pw4BjuOXqva4MD6DAxX1k5WLbn0xzwuEmw=";
     })
-  ];
+  ]
+    # Nixpkgs cctools does not have bitcode support.
+    ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./disable-bitcode.patch;
+
+  postPatch = if stdenv.isDarwin then ''
+    rm -r 'test cases/osx/7 bitcode'
+  '' else null;
 
   setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [ ninja pkg-config ];
-  checkInputs = [ zlib ];
+  checkInputs = [ zlib ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ Foundation OpenGL AppKit Cocoa ];
   checkPhase = ''
     patchShebangs "test cases"
     substituteInPlace "test cases/native/8 external program shebang parsing/script.int.in" \
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/disable-bitcode.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/disable-bitcode.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a72997c10439
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/disable-bitcode.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/clang.py
++++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/clang.py
+@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@ class ClangCompiler(GnuLikeCompiler):
+             {OptionKey('b_colorout'), OptionKey('b_lto_threads'), OptionKey('b_lto_mode'), OptionKey('b_thinlto_cache'),
+              OptionKey('b_thinlto_cache_dir')})
+ 
+-        # TODO: this really should be part of the linker base_options, but
+-        # linkers don't have base_options.
+-        if isinstance(self.linker, AppleDynamicLinker):
+-            self.base_options.add(OptionKey('b_bitcode'))
+         # All Clang backends can also do LLVM IR
+         self.can_compile_suffixes.add('ll')
+ 
+--- a/mesonbuild/linkers/linkers.py
++++ b/mesonbuild/linkers/linkers.py
+@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ class AppleDynamicLinker(PosixDynamicLinkerMixin, DynamicLinker):
+         return self._apply_prefix('-headerpad_max_install_names')
+ 
+     def bitcode_args(self) -> T.List[str]:
+-        return self._apply_prefix('-bitcode_bundle')
++        raise MesonException('Nixpkgs cctools does not support bitcode bundles')
+ 
+     def fatal_warnings(self) -> T.List[str]:
+         return self._apply_prefix('-fatal_warnings')
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9e52fc20371b..85501531761a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5121,7 +5121,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   merriweather-sans = callPackage ../data/fonts/merriweather-sans { };
 
-  meson = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/meson { };
+  meson = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/meson {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Foundation OpenGL AppKit Cocoa;
+  };
 
   # while building documentation meson may want to run binaries for host
   # which needs an emulator