diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ol/ollama/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ol/ollama/package.nix
index c469f7ff46d1..417963f669b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ol/ollama/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ol/ollama/package.nix
@@ -239,6 +239,12 @@ goBuild (finalAttrs: {
 
   __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
 
+  # required for github.com/ollama/ollama/detect's tests
+  sandboxProfile = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
+    (allow file-read* (subpath "/System/Library/Extensions"))
+    (allow iokit-open (iokit-user-client-class "AGXDeviceUserClient"))
+  '';
+
   passthru = {
     tests =
       {