diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix
index e8f873555d70..d1094cfc8794 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@
 , buildPackages
 , withIntrospection ? lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform gobject-introspection && stdenv.hostPlatform.emulatorAvailable buildPackages
 , libunwind
-# darwin.libunwind doesn't have pkg-config definitions so meson doesn't detect it.
-, withLibunwind ? !stdenv.isDarwin && lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform libunwind
+, withLibunwind ?
+  lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform libunwind &&
+    lib.elem "libunwind" libunwind.meta.pkgConfigModules or []
 # Checks meson.is_cross_build(), so even canExecute isn't enough.
 , enableDocumentation ? stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform, hotdoc
 }:
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libunwind/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libunwind/default.nix
index 1f7074866d58..6f491a5c527f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libunwind/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libunwind/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchpatch, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, xz, buildPackages }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchpatch, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, buildPackages
+, xz
+, testers
+}:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "libunwind";
   version = "1.8.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "libunwind";
     repo = "libunwind";
-    rev = "v${version}";
+    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-rCFBHs6rCSnp5FEwbUR5veNNTqSQpFblAv8ebSPX0qE=";
   };
 
@@ -50,12 +53,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = false; # fails
 
+  passthru.tests.pkg-config = testers.hasPkgConfigModules {
+    package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
+    versionCheck = true;
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.nongnu.org/libunwind";
     description = "Portable and efficient API to determine the call-chain of a program";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ orivej ];
+    pkgConfigModules = [ "libunwind" "libunwind-coredump" "libunwind-generic" "libunwind-ptrace" "libunwind-setjmp" ];
     # https://github.com/libunwind/libunwind#libunwind
     platforms = [ "aarch64-linux" "armv5tel-linux" "armv6l-linux" "armv7a-linux" "armv7l-linux" "i686-freebsd" "i686-linux" "loongarch64-linux" "mips64el-linux" "mipsel-linux" "powerpc64-linux" "powerpc64le-linux" "riscv64-linux" "s390x-linux" "x86_64-freebsd" "x86_64-linux" "x86_64-solaris" ];
     license = licenses.mit;
   };
-}
+})