diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ne/nerdctl/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ne/nerdctl/package.nix
index 739d361a97c93..b06c9635d3cd3 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ne/nerdctl/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ne/nerdctl/package.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 {
   lib,
+  stdenv,
   buildGoModule,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   makeWrapper,
   installShellFiles,
   buildkit,
-  cni-plugins,
+  cni-plugins ? null,
   writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
   versionCheckHook,
   extraPackages ? [ ],
@@ -50,13 +51,17 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
 
   postInstall = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/nerdctl \
-      --prefix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath ([ buildkit ] ++ extraPackages)}" \
-      --prefix CNI_PATH : "${cni-plugins}/bin"
+      --prefix PATH : "${
+        lib.makeBinPath ([ buildkit ] ++ extraPackages)
+      }"${lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
+        \
+             --prefix CNI_PATH : "${cni-plugins}/bin"''}
 
+    mkdir -p "$TMPDIR/nerdctl-data"
     installShellCompletion --cmd nerdctl \
-      --bash <($out/bin/nerdctl completion bash) \
-      --fish <($out/bin/nerdctl completion fish) \
-      --zsh <($out/bin/nerdctl completion zsh)
+      --bash <($out/bin/nerdctl --data-root "$TMPDIR/nerdctl-data" completion bash) \
+      --fish <($out/bin/nerdctl --data-root "$TMPDIR/nerdctl-data" completion fish) \
+      --zsh <($out/bin/nerdctl --data-root "$TMPDIR/nerdctl-data" completion zsh)
   '';
 
   doInstallCheck = true;
@@ -82,6 +87,6 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
       developer-guy
       jk
     ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux ++ lib.platforms.darwin;
   };
 })