diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/tor/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/tor/default.nix
index 9e73c7d4053f..a03a945f8052 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/tor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/tor/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # Note: torsocks is specified as a dependency, as the distributed
   # 'torify' wrapper attempts to use it; although there is no
   # ./configure time check for any of this.
-  buildInputs = [ libevent openssl zlib torsocks libseccomp ];
+  buildInputs = [ libevent openssl zlib torsocks ] ++
+    stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isLinux libseccomp;
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.cc.isGNU "-lgcc_s";