diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 053b683cd8e..5d67f473f98 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -264,9 +264,10 @@
           (pkgName: { supportsCross ? true }: {
               # These attributes go right into `packages.<system>`.
               "${pkgName}" = nixpkgsFor.${system}.native.nixComponents.${pkgName};
+              # evaluation error on boost in nixpkgs on macOS
+            } // lib.optionalAttrs nixpkgsFor.${system}.native.stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin {
               "${pkgName}-static" = nixpkgsFor.${system}.static.nixComponents.${pkgName};
-            }
-            // lib.optionalAttrs supportsCross (flatMapAttrs (lib.genAttrs crossSystems (_: { })) (crossSystem: {}: {
+            } // lib.optionalAttrs supportsCross (flatMapAttrs (lib.genAttrs crossSystems (_: { })) (crossSystem: {}: {
               # These attributes go right into `packages.<system>`.
               "${pkgName}-${crossSystem}" = nixpkgsFor.${system}.cross.${crossSystem}.nixComponents.${pkgName};
             }))