diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/xnu/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/xnu/default.nix
index 262cb3d6a3870..62003a6e4a6ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/xnu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/xnu/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ appleDerivation' (if headersOnly then stdenvNoCC else stdenv) (
       --replace "-Werror " ""
 
     substituteInPlace SETUP/kextsymboltool/Makefile \
-      --replace "-lstdc++" "-lc++"
+      --replace "-lstdc++" "-lc++ -lc++abi"
 
     substituteInPlace libsyscall/xcodescripts/mach_install_mig.sh \
       --replace "/usr/include" "/include" \