diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtksourceview/3.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtksourceview/3.x.nix
index 7212ffa00e3..0f72afe4cc1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtksourceview/3.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtksourceview/3.x.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  doCheck = false; # FAIL: test-language
+  doCheck = stdenv.isLinux;
   checkPhase = ''
     NO_AT_BRIDGE=1 \
     XDG_DATA_DIRS="$XDG_DATA_DIRS:${shared-mime-info}/share" \