diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fo/folly/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fo/folly/package.nix
index 9f029393134f..22ba13014094 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fo/folly/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fo/folly/package.nix
@@ -116,7 +116,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ]
   );
 
-  doCheck = true;
+  # https://github.com/facebook/folly/blob/main/folly/DiscriminatedPtr.h
+  # error: #error "DiscriminatedPtr is x64, arm64, ppc64 and riscv64 specific code."
+  doCheck =
+    stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64
+    || stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64
+    || stdenv.hostPlatform.isPower64
+    || stdenv.hostPlatform.isRiscV64;
 
   patches = [
     # The base template for std::char_traits has been removed in LLVM 19