diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/swig/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/swig/default.nix
index d489feba4dc..80c6b20e69d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/swig/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/swig/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, boost }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, boost, tcl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "swig-1.3.40";
@@ -8,18 +8,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "02dc8g8wy75nd2is1974rl24c6mdl0ai1vszs1xpg9nd7dlv6i8r";
   };
 
-  #buildInputs = [ boost ]; # needed for `make check'
-
-  /* The test suite fails this way:
-
-      building python_cpp
-      python: tpp.c:63: __pthread_tpp_change_priority: Assertion `new_prio == -1 || (new_prio >= __sched_fifo_min_prio && new_prio <= __sched_fifo_max_prio)' failed.
-      /bin/sh: line 1: 32101 Aborted                 env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH PYTHONPATH=.:$PYTHONPATH python ./li_boost_shared_ptr_runme.py
-      make[1]: *** [li_boost_shared_ptr.cpptest] Error 134
-
-     This may be an uninitialized mutex or mutexattr or something.
-   */
-  doCheck = false;
+  doCheck = true;
+  # 'make check' uses boost and tcl
+  buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optionals doCheck [ boost tcl ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "SWIG, an interface compiler that connects C/C++ code to higher-level languages";
@@ -39,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # Licensing is a mess: http://www.swig.org/Release/LICENSE .
     license = "BSD-style";
 
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
 
     maintainers = [ ];
   };