diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/default.nix
index 18e263dae67e..c558b483e97b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 , pkgconfig, gtk, libXft, dbus, libpng, libjpeg, libungif
 , libtiff, librsvg, texinfo, gconf, libxml2, imagemagick, gnutls
 , alsaLib, cairo
-, withX ? true
+, withX ? !stdenv.isDarwin
 }:
 
 assert (libXft != null) -> libpng != null;	# probably a bug
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/gnuplot/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/gnuplot/default.nix
index 23d57f5b6521..dc1a476b6e7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/gnuplot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/gnuplot/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 , libXt ? null
 , libXpm ? null
 , libXaw ? null
+, aquaterm ? false
 , wxGTK ? null
 , pango ? null
 , cairo ? null
@@ -15,7 +16,9 @@
 , coreutils ? null }:
 
 assert libX11 != null -> (fontconfig != null && gnused != null && coreutils != null);
-
+let
+  withX = libX11 != null && !aquaterm;
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gnuplot-4.6.3";
 
@@ -25,14 +28,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   buildInputs =
-    [ zlib gd texinfo readline emacs lua texLive libX11 libXt libXpm libXaw
+    [ zlib gd texinfo readline emacs lua texLive
       pango cairo pkgconfig makeWrapper ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals withX              [ libX11 libXpm libXt libXaw ]
     # compiling with wxGTK causes a malloc (double free) error on darwin
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional (!stdenv.isDarwin) wxGTK;
 
-  configureFlags = if libX11 != null then ["--with-x"] else ["--without-x"];
+  configureFlags =
+    (if withX then ["--with-x"] else ["--without-x"])
+    ++ (if aquaterm then ["--with-aquaterm"] else ["--without-aquaterm"])
+    ;
 
-  postInstall = stdenv.lib.optionalString (libX11 != null) ''
+  postInstall = stdenv.lib.optionalString withX ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/gnuplot \
        --prefix PATH : '${gnused}/bin' \
        --prefix PATH : '${coreutils}/bin' \
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 507155fb4976..94b16df6ae03 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1011,6 +1011,9 @@ let
       else stdenv;
   };
 
+  # must have AquaTerm installed separately
+  gnuplot_aquaterm = gnuplot.override { aquaterm = true; };
+
   gnused = callPackage ../tools/text/gnused { };
 
   gnutar = callPackage ../tools/archivers/gnutar { };