diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/zv/zvbi/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/zv/zvbi/package.nix
index 6652fb1b4f0b..8307fdba361d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/zv/zvbi/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/zv/zvbi/package.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  doCheck = stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin;
+  doCheck =
+    stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform
+    && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin
+    &&
+      # musl does not support TZDIR, used by the tzdata setup hook.
+      !stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl;
 
   passthru = {
     tests.pkg-config = testers.testMetaPkgConfig finalAttrs.finalPackage;