diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gobject-introspection/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gobject-introspection/default.nix
index 2cd3d9bd098..51274f0cdca 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gobject-introspection/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gobject-introspection/default.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [
     ./macos-shared-library.patch
+    (substituteAll {
+      src = ./test_shlibs.patch;
+      inherit nixStoreDir;
+    })
     (substituteAll {
       src = ./absolute_shlib_path.patch;
       inherit nixStoreDir;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gobject-introspection/test_shlibs.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gobject-introspection/test_shlibs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c3152982d19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gobject-introspection/test_shlibs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+--- a/tests/scanner/test_shlibs.py
++++ b/tests/scanner/test_shlibs.py
+@@ -10,6 +10,46 @@ from giscanner.shlibs import resolve_from_ldd_output
+ 
+ class TestLddParser(unittest.TestCase):
+ 
++    def test_resolve_from_ldd_output_nix(self):
++        output = '''\
++            libglib-2.0.so.0 => @nixStoreDir@/gmrf09y7sfxrr0mcx90dba7w41jj2kzk-glib-2.58.1/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f0ee1b28000)
++            libgobject-2.0.so.0 => @nixStoreDir@/gmrf09y7sfxrr0mcx90dba7w41jj2kzk-glib-2.58.1/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f0ee18cf000)
++            libgio-2.0.so.0 => @nixStoreDir@/gmrf09y7sfxrr0mcx90dba7w41jj2kzk-glib-2.58.1/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f0ee1502000)
++            libxml2.so.2 => @nixStoreDir@/72mxkk74cv266snkjpz1kwl1i2rg8rpc-libxml2-2.9.8/lib/libxml2.so.2 (0x00007f0ee119c000)
++            libsqlite3.so.0 => @nixStoreDir@/ck5ay23hsmlc67pg3m34kzd1k2hhvww0-sqlite-3.24.0/lib/libsqlite3.so.0 (0x00007f0ee0e98000)
++            libpsl.so.5 => @nixStoreDir@/qn3l2gn7m76f318676wflrs2z6d4rrkj-libpsl-0.20.2-list-2017-02-03/lib/libpsl.so.5 (0x00007f0ee0c88000)
++            libc.so.6 => @nixStoreDir@/g2yk54hifqlsjiha3szr4q3ccmdzyrdv-glibc-2.27/lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007f0ee08d4000)
++            libpcre.so.1 => @nixStoreDir@/hxbq8lpc53qsf1bc0dfcsm47wmcxzjvh-pcre-8.42/lib/libpcre.so.1 (0x00007f0ee0662000)
++            @nixStoreDir@/g2yk54hifqlsjiha3szr4q3ccmdzyrdv-glibc-2.27/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f0ee20ff000)
++            libblkid.so.1 => @nixStoreDir@/q0kgnq21j0l2yd77gdlld371246cwghh-util-linux-2.32.1/lib/libblkid.so.1 (0x00007f0edd0cd000)
++            libuuid.so.1 => @nixStoreDir@/q0kgnq21j0l2yd77gdlld371246cwghh-util-linux-2.32.1/lib/libuuid.so.1 (0x00007f0edcec5000)
++            librt.so.1 => @nixStoreDir@/g2yk54hifqlsjiha3szr4q3ccmdzyrdv-glibc-2.27/lib/librt.so.1 (0x00007f0edccbd000)
++            libstdc++.so.6 => @nixStoreDir@/3v5r7fkrbkw2qajadvjbf6p6qriz9p1i-gcc-7.3.0-lib/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f0edc936000)
++            libgcc_s.so.1 => @nixStoreDir@/g2yk54hifqlsjiha3szr4q3ccmdzyrdv-glibc-2.27/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f0edc720000)
++        '''
++        libraries = ['glib-2.0', 'gio-2.0']
++
++        self.assertEqual(
++            ['@nixStoreDir@/gmrf09y7sfxrr0mcx90dba7w41jj2kzk-glib-2.58.1/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0',
++             '@nixStoreDir@/gmrf09y7sfxrr0mcx90dba7w41jj2kzk-glib-2.58.1/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0'],
++            resolve_from_ldd_output(libraries, output, basename=False))
++
++    def test_resolve_from_ldd_output_macos(self):
++        output = '''\
++            @rpath/libatk-1.0.0.dylib
++            @rpath/libgstreamer-1.0.0.dylib (compatibility version 0.0.0, current version 0.0.0)
++            /Volumes/USB_SSD/cerbero/build/dist/darwin_x86_64/lib/libglib-2.0.0.dylib (compatibility version 0.0.0, current version 0.0.0)
++            /Volumes/USB_SSD/cerbero/build/dist/darwin_x86_64/lib/libintl.dylib (compatibility version 0.0.0, current version 0.0.0)
++            /Volumes/USB_SSD/cerbero/build/dist/darwin_x86_64/lib/libgobject-2.0.0.dylib (compatibility version 0.0.0, current version 0.0.0)
++            /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1252.50.4)
++        '''
++        libraries = ['atk-1.0']
++        fallback_libpath = '@nixStoreDir@/1ynd5b01z87c1nw75k5iy7sq49hpkw53-atk-2.30.0/lib'
++
++        self.assertEqual(
++            [ '%s/libatk-1.0.0.dylib' % fallback_libpath ],
++            resolve_from_ldd_output(libraries, output, basename=False, fallback_libpath=fallback_libpath))
++
+     def test_resolve_from_ldd_output(self):
+         output = '''\
+             libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fbe12d68000)
+