diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gl/glog/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gl/glog/package.nix
index ed30b55a60f4..e6b0ff6c7795 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gl/glog/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gl/glog/package.nix
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
   gflags,
   gtest,
   perl,
+  pkgsBuildHost,
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: rec {
   pname = "glog";
   version = "0.7.1";
 
@@ -19,6 +20,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-+nwWP6VBmhgU7GCPSEGUzvUSCc48wXME181WpJ5ABP4=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = lib.optionalString finalAttrs.doCheck ''
+    substituteInPlace src/logging_unittest.cc \
+      --replace-warn "/usr/bin/true" "${pkgsBuildHost.coreutils}/bin/true"
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
   buildInputs = [ gtest ];
@@ -90,4 +96,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       r-burns
     ];
   };
-}
+})