diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mpi4py/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mpi4py/default.nix
index d1e0e0d45234..83eaf43ce68e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mpi4py/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mpi4py/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   cython,
   setuptools,
+  stdenv,
   mpi,
   toPythonModule,
   pytest,
@@ -52,6 +53,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   # see https://github.com/mpi4py/mpi4py/issues/545#issuecomment-2343011460
   env.MPI4PY_TEST_SPAWN = if mpi.pname == "openmpi" then 0 else 1;
 
+  disabledTests = [
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    # testJoin calls socket.getaddrinfo(socket.gethostname(), ...)
+    "test_dynproc.TestDPM.testJoin"
+  ];
+
   # follow upstream's checkPhase
   # see https://github.com/mpi4py/mpi4py/blob/4.1.0/.github/workflows/ci-test.yml#L92-L95
   checkPhase = ''
@@ -60,7 +68,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     echo 'Testing mpi4py (np=1)'
     mpiexec -n 1 python test/main.py -v
     echo 'Testing mpi4py (np=2)'
-    mpiexec -n 2 python test/main.py -v -f -e spawn
+    mpiexec -n 2 python test/main.py -v -f -e spawn${
+      lib.concatMapStrings (test: " -x ${test}") disabledTests
+    }
 
     runHook postCheck
   '';