diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mypy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mypy/default.nix
index 0087fa650d7a..ba8b5a276197 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mypy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mypy/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , stdenv
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonAtLeast
 , pythonOlder
 
 # build-system
@@ -100,6 +101,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     tomli
   ] ++ lib.flatten (lib.attrValues passthru.optional-dependencies);
 
+  disabledTests = lib.optionals (pythonAtLeast "3.12") [
+    # requires distutils
+    "test_c_unit_test"
+  ];
+
   disabledTestPaths = [
     # fails to find tyoing_extensions
     "mypy/test/testcmdline.py"