diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 330abc91db24..1a308328fafc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -7489,6 +7489,7 @@ let
     };
     nativeBuildInputs = [ buildPackages.pkgconfig ];
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ pkgs.pkgconfig ];
+    doCheck = false; # expects test_glib-2.0.pc in PKG_CONFIG_PATH
     meta = {
       homepage = "http://gtk2-perl.sourceforge.net";
       description = "Simplistic interface to pkg-config";