diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/default.nix
index 97f8f61a98e..05ef0796121 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@
   '';
 
   # make check doesn't work on darwin
-  doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
+  # On i686-linux we got some error that doesn't always appear.
+  doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin && (stdenv.system != "i686-linux");
 
   setupHook = ./setup-hook-2.0.sh;