diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 59ac2f05d9..d9758629cc 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ m = cc.find_library('m', required: false)
 util = cc.find_library('util', required: false)
 socket = []
 version_res = []
+coref = []
+iokit = []
+cocoa = []
+hvf = []
 if targetos == 'windows'
   socket = cc.find_library('ws2_32')
 
@@ -57,6 +61,11 @@ if targetos == 'windows'
   version_res = win.compile_resources('version.rc',
                                       depend_files: files('pc-bios/qemu-nsis.ico'),
                                       include_directories: include_directories('.'))
+elif targetos == 'darwin'
+  coref = dependency('appleframeworks', modules: 'CoreFoundation')
+  iokit = dependency('appleframeworks', modules: 'IOKit')
+  cocoa = dependency('appleframeworks', modules: 'Cocoa')
+  hvf = dependency('appleframeworks', modules: 'Hypervisor')
 endif
 glib = declare_dependency(compile_args: config_host['GLIB_CFLAGS'].split(),
                           link_args: config_host['GLIB_LIBS'].split())