diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/exiv2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/exiv2/default.nix
index 85889cf8af1..ec6f07f0953 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/exiv2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/exiv2/default.nix
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "doc"
   ];
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
   # Test setup found by inspecting ${src}/.travis/run.sh; problems without cmake.
   checkTarget = "tests";
 
@@ -65,6 +67,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ${stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isAarch64 ''
       rm -f ../tests/bugfixes/github/test_CVE_2018_12265.py
     ''}
+
+    ${stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+      export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:`pwd`/lib
+      # Removing tests depending on charset conversion
+      substituteInPlace ../test/Makefile --replace "conversions.sh" ""
+      rm -f ../tests/bugfixes/redmine/test_issue_460.py
+      rm -f ../tests/bugfixes/redmine/test_issue_662.py
+     ''}
   '';
 
   postCheck = ''