diff --git a/src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt b/src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt
index f42748aa2..802666c0a 100644
--- a/src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -98,9 +98,11 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if (APPLE)
-    message(STATUS "[ncurses] detected Darwin, linking statically")
-    set(CURSES_LIBRARY_NAME "lib${CURSES_LIBRARY_NAME}.a")
-    set(PANEL_LIBRARY_NAME "lib${PANEL_LIBRARY_NAME}.a")
+    if (NOT DEFINED ENV{NIX_CC})
+        message(STATUS "[ncurses] detected Darwin, linking statically")
+        set(CURSES_LIBRARY_NAME "lib${CURSES_LIBRARY_NAME}.a")
+        set(PANEL_LIBRARY_NAME "lib${PANEL_LIBRARY_NAME}.a")
+    endif()
 else()
     message(STATUS "[ncurses] not Darwin! will attempt to link against libtinfo")
     find_library(LIBTINFO NAMES tinfo)