diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/th/thrift/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/th/thrift/package.nix
index 4ef41a762719..14bd0ed0f1ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/th/thrift/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/th/thrift/package.nix
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     "StressTestNonBlocking"
   ];
 
-  doCheck = !static;
+  doCheck = !static && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin; # FIXME darwin?
 
   enableParallelChecking = false;