diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/scikit-learn/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scikit-learn/default.nix
index dfce61df6c6e..6f4ad1d2bd15 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/scikit-learn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scikit-learn/default.nix
@@ -66,10 +66,30 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   doCheck = !stdenv.isAarch64;
 
-  # Skip test_feature_importance_regression - does web fetch
-  disabledTests = [ "test_feature_importance_regression" ];
+  disabledTests = [
+    # Skip test_feature_importance_regression - does web fetch
+    "test_feature_importance_regression"
 
-  pytestFlagsArray = [ "-n" "$NIX_BUILD_CORES" "--pyargs" "sklearn" ];
+    # failing on macos
+    "check_regressors_train"
+    "check_classifiers_train"
+    "xfail_ignored_in_check_estimator"
+  ];
+
+  pytestFlagsArray = [
+    # verbose build outputs needed to debug hard-to-reproduce hydra failures
+    "-v"
+    "--pyargs" "sklearn"
+
+    # NuSVC memmap tests causes segmentation faults in certain environments
+    # (e.g. Hydra Darwin machines) related to a long-standing joblib issue
+    # (https://github.com/joblib/joblib/issues/563). See also:
+    # https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/issues/17582
+    # Since we are overriding '-k' we need to include the 'disabledTests' from above manually.
+    "-k" "'not (NuSVC and memmap) ${toString (lib.forEach disabledTests (t: "and not ${t}"))}'"
+
+    "-n" "$NIX_BUILD_CORES"
+  ];
 
   preCheck = ''
     cd $TMPDIR
@@ -89,6 +109,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       "https://scikit-learn.org/stable/whats_new/v${major}.${minor}.html#version-${dashVer}";
     homepage = "https://scikit-learn.org";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ davhau ];
   };
 }