diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 19f7685f786..5a5204c3db3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -312,6 +312,9 @@ self: super: {
   memcache = dontCheck super.memcache;
   metrics = dontCheck super.metrics;
   milena = dontCheck super.milena;
+  mockery = if pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin
+    then overrideCabal super.mockery (drv: { preCheck = "export TRAVIS=true"; }) # darwin doesn't have sub-second resolution https://github.com/hspec/mockery/issues/11
+    else super.mockery;
   modular-arithmetic = dontCheck super.modular-arithmetic; # tests require a very old Glob (0.7.*)
   nats-queue = dontCheck super.nats-queue;
   netpbm = dontCheck super.netpbm;