diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/fluidsynth/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/fluidsynth/default.nix
index a76aa6e048ca4..a49b683363b85 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/fluidsynth/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/fluidsynth/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, buildPackages, pkg-config, cmake
 , alsa-lib, glib, libjack2, libsndfile, libpulseaudio
-, AudioUnit, CoreAudio, CoreMIDI, CoreServices
+, AppKit, AudioUnit, CoreAudio, CoreMIDI, CoreServices
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ glib libsndfile libjack2 ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [ alsa-lib libpulseaudio ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ AudioUnit CoreAudio CoreMIDI CoreServices ];
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ AppKit AudioUnit CoreAudio CoreMIDI CoreServices ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-Denable-framework=off"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 67afeff4e9b78..ebe20c5226184 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -29998,7 +29998,7 @@ with pkgs;
   flwrap = callPackage ../applications/radio/flwrap { stdenv = gcc10StdenvCompat; };
 
   fluidsynth = callPackage ../applications/audio/fluidsynth {
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AudioUnit CoreAudio CoreMIDI CoreServices;
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AppKit AudioUnit CoreAudio CoreMIDI CoreServices;
   };
 
   fmit = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/audio/fmit { };