diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/quodlibet/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/quodlibet/default.nix
index 573dca518e3..597cf68f4d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/quodlibet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/quodlibet/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ wrapGAppsHook gettext ];
 
-  checkInputs = with python3.pkgs; [ pytest pytest_xdist pyflakes pycodestyle polib xvfb_run dbus.daemon glibcLocales ];
+  checkInputs = [ gdk-pixbuf ] ++ (with python3.pkgs; [ pytest pytest_xdist polib xvfb_run dbus.daemon glibcLocales ]);
 
   buildInputs = [ gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme libsoup glib glib-networking gtk3 webkitgtk gdk-pixbuf keybinder3 gtksourceview libmodplug libappindicator-gtk3 kakasi gobject-introspection ]
     ++ (if xineBackend then [ xineLib ] else with gst_all_1;
@@ -33,13 +33,23 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8";
 
+  pytestFlags = stdenv.lib.optionals (xineBackend || !withGstPlugins) [
+    "--ignore=tests/plugin/test_replaygain.py"
+  ] ++ [
+    # upstream does actually not enforce source code linting
+    "--ignore=tests/quality"
+    # build failure on Arch Linux
+    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/77796#issuecomment-575841355
+    "--ignore=tests/test_operon.py"
+  ];
+
   checkPhase = ''
     runHook preCheck
-    env XDG_DATA_DIRS="$out/share:${gtk3}/share/gsettings-schemas/${gtk3.name}:$XDG_DATA_DIRS" \
+    env XDG_DATA_DIRS="$out/share:${gtk3}/share/gsettings-schemas/${gtk3.name}:$XDG_ICON_DIRS:$XDG_DATA_DIRS" \
       HOME=$(mktemp -d) \
       xvfb-run -s '-screen 0 800x600x24' dbus-run-session \
         --config-file=${dbus.daemon}/share/dbus-1/session.conf \
-        py.test${stdenv.lib.optionalString (xineBackend || !withGstPlugins) " --ignore=tests/plugin/test_replaygain.py"}
+        py.test $pytestFlags
     runHook postCheck
   '';
 
@@ -65,6 +75,5 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ coroa sauyon ];
     homepage = https://quodlibet.readthedocs.io/en/latest/;
-    broken = true;
   };
 }