diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/dnstracer/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/dnstracer/default.nix
index bb7c688480f0..6d5e826c7d75 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/dnstracer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/dnstracer/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, libresolv }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "1.9";
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   setOutputFlags = false;
 
+  buildInputs = [] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ libresolv ];
+
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-lresolv";
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Dnstracer determines where a given Domain Name Server (DNS) gets its information from, and follows the chain of DNS servers back to the servers which know the data.";
     homepage = http://www.mavetju.org/unix/general.php;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b89e59463bd8..8579cd4a872b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19794,5 +19794,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   duti = callPackage ../os-specific/darwin/duti {};
 
-  dnstracer = callPackage ../tools/networking/dnstracer {};
+  dnstracer = callPackage ../tools/networking/dnstracer {
+    inherit (darwin) libresolv;
+  };
 }