diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/google-cloud-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/google-cloud-cpp/default.nix
index 1822ef939e54..af00bc1690f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/google-cloud-cpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/google-cloud-cpp/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 , openssl
 , pkg-config
 , protobuf
+, pkgsBuildHost
   # default list of APIs: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-cpp/blob/v1.32.1/CMakeLists.txt#L173
 , apis ? [ "*" ]
 , staticOnly ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
@@ -97,14 +98,21 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       ''
     );
 
-  installCheckPhase = lib.optionalString doInstallCheck ''
+  installCheckPhase = let
+    disabledTests = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
+      common_internal_async_connection_ready_test
+      bigtable_async_read_stream_test
+      bigtable_metadata_update_policy_test
+      bigtable_bigtable_benchmark_test
+      bigtable_embedded_server_test
+    '';
+  in ''
     runHook preInstallCheck
 
     # Disable any integration tests, which need to contact the internet.
-    # Also disable the `storage_benchmark_*` tests.
-    # With Protobuf < 23.x they require -DGOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_ENABLE_CTYPE_WORKAROUND=ON.
-    # With Protobuf >= 23.x they require They require setting -DGOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_ENABLE_CTYPE_WORKAROUND=OFF
-    ctest --label-exclude integration-test --exclude-regex storage_benchmarks_
+    ctest \
+      --label-exclude integration-test \
+      --exclude-from-file <(echo '${disabledTests}')
 
     runHook postInstallCheck
   '';
@@ -122,6 +130,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-DGOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_ENABLE_EXAMPLES:BOOL=OFF"
   ] ++ lib.optionals (apis != [ "*" ]) [
     "-DGOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_ENABLE=${lib.concatStringsSep ";" apis}"
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.buildPlatform != stdenv.hostPlatform) [
+    "-DGOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_GRPC_PLUGIN_EXECUTABLE=${lib.getBin pkgsBuildHost.grpc}/bin/grpc_cpp_plugin"
   ];
 
   requiredSystemFeatures = [ "big-parallel" ];
@@ -130,7 +140,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = with licenses; [ asl20 ];
     homepage = "https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-cpp";
     description = "C++ Idiomatic Clients for Google Cloud Platform services";
-    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux ++ lib.platforms.darwin;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ cpcloud ];
   };
 }