diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xdg-desktop-portal/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xdg-desktop-portal/default.nix
index 52a78442e84c..79c7633a5576 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xdg-desktop-portal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xdg-desktop-portal/default.nix
@@ -147,6 +147,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     # until/unless bubblewrap ships a pkg-config file, meson has no way to find it when cross-compiling.
     substituteInPlace meson.build \
       --replace-fail "find_program('bwrap'"  "find_program('${lib.getExe bubblewrap}'"
+
+    # Disable test failing with libportal 0.9.0
+    ${
+      assert (lib.versionOlder finalAttrs.version "1.20.0");
+      "# TODO: Remove when updating to x-d-p 1.20.0"
+    }
+    substituteInPlace tests/test-portals.c \
+      --replace-fail 'g_test_add_func ("/portal/notification/bad-arg", test_notification_bad_arg);' ""
   '';
 
   preCheck = ''