diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gobject-introspection/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gobject-introspection/default.nix
index 816d4e5e17d..e6978d0955f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gobject-introspection/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gobject-introspection/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       cairoLib = "${getLib cairo}/lib";
     });
 
-  doCheck = true;
+  doCheck = !stdenv.isAarch64;
 
   passthru = {
     updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {