diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rstcheck/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rstcheck/default.nix
index 96c5bcea3ecc..e188bd30c836 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rstcheck/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rstcheck/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
 {
   lib,
-  stdenv,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  docutils,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   setuptools,
   setuptools-scm,
-  pydantic,
   pytestCheckHook,
   pythonOlder,
   rstcheck-core,
+  sphinx,
   typer,
-  types-docutils,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -34,20 +31,15 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   dependencies = [
-    docutils
     rstcheck-core
-    types-docutils
-    pydantic
     typer
   ];
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+  optional-dependencies = {
+    sphinx = [ sphinx ];
+  };
 
-  disabledTests = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-    # Disabled until https://github.com/rstcheck/rstcheck-core/issues/19 is resolved.
-    "test_error_without_config_file_macos"
-    "test_file_1_is_bad_without_config_macos"
-  ];
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "rstcheck" ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8bf80e166da9..98db1754b3cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4362,6 +4362,10 @@ with pkgs;
 
   rstcheck = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication rstcheck;
 
+  rstcheckWithSphinx = rstcheck.overridePythonAttrs (oldAttrs: {
+    dependencies = oldAttrs.dependencies ++ oldAttrs.optional-dependencies.sphinx;
+  });
+
   rtmpdump_gnutls = rtmpdump.override {
     gnutlsSupport = true;
     opensslSupport = false;