diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyshark/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyshark/default.nix
index 272672c2db34..52a0b55aaf8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyshark/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyshark/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
-, fetchpatch
+, pythonOlder
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , appdirs
 , lxml
 , packaging
 , py
 , pytestCheckHook
-, pythonOlder
 , wireshark-cli
+, stdenv
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -48,6 +49,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [ py pytestCheckHook wireshark-cli ];
 
+  disabledTests = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    # fails on darwin
+    # _pickle.PicklingError: logger cannot be pickled
+    "test_iterate_empty_psml_capture"
+  ];
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "pyshark" ];
 
   pytestFlagsArray = [ "../tests/" ];