diff --git a/.changeset/curly-poems-build.md b/.changeset/curly-poems-build.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ddc94cd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/curly-poems-build.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"github.com/livekit/protocol": patch
+"@livekit/protocol": patch
+---
+
+Build utils/hwstats on darwin without cgo
diff --git a/utils/hwstats/cpu_all.go b/utils/hwstats/cpu_all.go
index a0568679a..a39579fbe 100644
--- a/utils/hwstats/cpu_all.go
+++ b/utils/hwstats/cpu_all.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
+//go:build !(darwin && !cgo)
+
 package hwstats
 
 import (
diff --git a/utils/hwstats/cpu_darwin.go b/utils/hwstats/cpu_darwin.go
index 000050151..5aefade25 100644
--- a/utils/hwstats/cpu_darwin.go
+++ b/utils/hwstats/cpu_darwin.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-//go:build darwin
+//go:build darwin && cgo
 
 package hwstats
 
diff --git a/utils/hwstats/cpu_null.go b/utils/hwstats/cpu_null.go
index 784c45ce2..651111cf3 100644
--- a/utils/hwstats/cpu_null.go
+++ b/utils/hwstats/cpu_null.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-//go:build !(linux || darwin)
+//go:build !linux && !(darwin && cgo)
 
 package hwstats