diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/duckdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/duckdb/default.nix
index ffec2e9ea35a..1969385cd02c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/duckdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/duckdb/default.nix
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doInstallCheck = true;
 
+  preInstallCheck = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="$out/lib''${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}''${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
+  '';
+
   installCheckPhase =
     let
       excludes = map (pattern: "exclude:'${pattern}'") [