diff --git a/projects/xkbcommon.org/package.yml b/projects/xkbcommon.org/package.yml
index 5c9717cf..ea4dc8b7 100644
--- a/projects/xkbcommon.org/package.yml
+++ b/projects/xkbcommon.org/package.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ build:
       - -Denable-docs=false
       - -Dxkb-config-root={{deps.freedesktop.org/XKeyboardConfig.prefix}}/share/X11/xkb
       - -Dx-locale-root={{deps.freedesktop.org/XKeyboardConfig.prefix}}/share/locale
+    darwin:
+      MESON_ARGS:
+        # has invalid attributes for darwin linking
+        - -Denable-x11=false
 provides:
   - bin/xkbcli
 test: