diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xml2rfc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xml2rfc/default.nix
index e86b1b206094..f737cf344b88 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xml2rfc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xml2rfc/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, intervaltree, pyflakes, requests, lxml, google-i18n-address
 , pycountry, html5lib, six
+, stdenv
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
   '';
 
+  doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Tool generating IETF RFCs and drafts from XML sources";
     homepage = https://tools.ietf.org/tools/xml2rfc/trac/;