diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/btop/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/btop/default.nix
index 9c926381dc47..70b1a78586cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/btop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/btop/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, runCommand
+, darwin
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -14,6 +16,26 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-uKR1ogQwEoyxyWBiLnW8BsOsYgTpeIpKrKspq0JwYjY=";
   };
 
+  hardeningDisable = lib.optionals (stdenv.isAarch64 && stdenv.isDarwin) [ "stackprotector" ];
+
+  ADDFLAGS = with darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks;
+    lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin
+      "-F${IOKit}/Library/Frameworks/";
+
+  buildInputs = with darwin.apple_sdk;
+    lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+      frameworks.CoreFoundation
+      frameworks.IOKit
+    ] ++ lib.optional (stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.isx86_64) (
+      # Found this explanation for needing to create a header directory for libproc.h alone.
+      # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/049e5e93af9bbbe06b4c40fd001a4e138ce1d677/pkgs/development/libraries/webkitgtk/default.nix#L154
+      # TL;DR, the other headers in the include path for the macOS SDK is not compatible with the C++ stdlib and causes issues, so we copy
+      # this to avoid those issues
+      runCommand "${pname}_headers" { } ''
+        install -Dm444 "${lib.getDev sdk}"/include/libproc.h "$out"/include/libproc.h
+      ''
+    );
+
   installFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
@@ -21,7 +43,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://github.com/aristocratos/btop";
     changelog = "https://github.com/aristocratos/btop/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.asl20;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ rmcgibbo ];
   };
 }