diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/leptonica/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/leptonica/default.nix
index 0bb3b1f492d..52d835d7a20 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/leptonica/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/leptonica/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   checkInputs = [ which gnuplot ];
-  doCheck = true;
+  doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
 
   meta = {
     description = "Image processing and analysis library";