diff --git a/pkgs/servers/caddy/xcaddy/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/caddy/xcaddy/default.nix
index d064d7e5464f..634a6aed1402 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/caddy/xcaddy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/caddy/xcaddy/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     hash = "sha256-oGTtS5UlEebIqv4SM4q0YclASJNu8DNOLrGLRRAtkd8=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    ./use_tmpdir_on_darwin.diff
+  ];
+
   vendorHash = "sha256-RpbnoXyTrqGOI7DpgkO+J47P17T4QCVvM1CfS6kRO9Y=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/caddy/xcaddy/use_tmpdir_on_darwin.diff b/pkgs/servers/caddy/xcaddy/use_tmpdir_on_darwin.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..064d8feb5a05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/caddy/xcaddy/use_tmpdir_on_darwin.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/builder.go b/builder.go
+index ed6c5ef..36e8055 100644
+--- a/builder.go
++++ b/builder.go
+@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func NewReplace(old, new string) Replace {
+ // It is the caller's responsibility to remove the folder when finished.
+ func newTempFolder() (string, error) {
+ 	var parentDir string
+-	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
++	if false && runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+ 		// After upgrading to macOS High Sierra, Caddy builds mysteriously
+ 		// started missing the embedded version information that -ldflags
+ 		// was supposed to produce. But it only happened on macOS after