diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/make-tarball.nix b/pkgs/top-level/make-tarball.nix
index 2e5d92b8ed2..ab15c201d92 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/make-tarball.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/make-tarball.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ releaseTools.sourceTarball {
     fi
 
     # Check that all-packages.nix evaluates on a number of platforms.
-    for platform in i686-linux x86_64-linux powerpc-linux i686-freebsd; do
+    for platform in i686-linux x86_64-linux x86_64-darwin i686-freebsd x86_64-freebsd; do
         header "checking pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix on $platform"
         nix-env --readonly-mode -f pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix \
             --show-trace --argstr system "$platform" \