diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pgvector/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pgvector/default.nix
index 66351f445a6e..ea10cac552ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pgvector/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pgvector/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   lib,
+  stdenv,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
 
@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sqlmodel
   ];
 
+  doCheck = lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.buildPlatform postgresqlTestHook;
+
   env = {
     PGDATABASE = "pgvector_python_test";
     postgresqlEnableTCP = 1;