diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/twolame/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/twolame/default.nix
index a65254fea24..a752da8cb57 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/twolame/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/twolame/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ libsndfile ];
 
+  doCheck = false; # fails with "../build-scripts/test-driver: line 107: -Mstrict: command not found"
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib;{
     description = "A MP2 encoder";
     longDescription = ''