diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
index 15efa5ae160a..ad3708d11b09 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
@@ -277,9 +277,10 @@ let
             rm -rf $out/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/*/server
           '';
           dontUseCmakeBuildDir = true;
-          doCheck = true;
+          doCheck = pkgs.stdenv.isLinux;
           packageRequires = [ self.emacs ];
-          nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.cmake pkgs.llvmPackages.llvm pkgs.llvmPackages.libclang ];
+          buildInputs = [ pkgs.llvmPackages.libclang self.emacs ];
+          nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.cmake pkgs.llvmPackages.llvm ];
         });
 
         # tries to write a log file to $HOME