diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/tokei/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/tokei/default.nix
index b91460160ce8..3472a21f51dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/tokei/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/tokei/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, rustPlatform, libiconv, Security }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, rustPlatform, libiconv, Security, zlib }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "tokei";
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     libiconv Security
   ];
 
+  checkInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ zlib ];
+
   # enable all output formats
   buildFeatures = [ "all" ];