diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 16582677904..cd27aa51cd2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -763,6 +763,7 @@ with pkgs;
     isLibrary = false;
     enableSharedExecutables = false;
     executableToolDepends = [ makeWrapper ];
+    doCheck = stdenv.is64bit;  # https://github.com/NixOS/cabal2nix/issues/272
     postInstall = ''
       exe=$out/libexec/${drv.pname}-${drv.version}/${drv.pname}
       install -D $out/bin/${drv.pname} $exe