diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/wezterm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/wezterm/default.nix
index 68391fc4dc7ff..ad4a2442e8eea 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/wezterm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/wezterm/default.nix
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   buildFeatures = [ "distro-defaults" ];
 
-  env.NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin "-framework System";
+  env.NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-U ___darwin_check_fd_set_overflow";
 
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/nix-support