diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/default.nix
index cf02589792f3..54680152248d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 , docutils
 , doxygen
 , graphviz
-, valgrind
 , glib
 , dbus
 , alsa-lib
@@ -28,28 +27,30 @@
 , makeFontsConf
 , callPackage
 , nixosTests
+, withValgrind ? lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform valgrind
+, valgrind
 , withMediaSession ? true
 , libcameraSupport ? true
 , libcamera
 , libdrm
 , gstreamerSupport ? true
-, gst_all_1 ? null
+, gst_all_1
 , ffmpegSupport ? true
-, ffmpeg ? null
+, ffmpeg
 , bluezSupport ? true
-, bluez ? null
-, sbc ? null
-, libfreeaptx ? null
-, ldacbt ? null
-, fdk_aac ? null
+, bluez
+, sbc
+, libfreeaptx
+, ldacbt
+, fdk_aac
 , nativeHspSupport ? true
 , nativeHfpSupport ? true
 , ofonoSupport ? true
 , hsphfpdSupport ? true
 , pulseTunnelSupport ? true
-, libpulseaudio ? null
+, libpulseaudio
 , zeroconfSupport ? true
-, avahi ? null
+, avahi
 }:
 
 let
@@ -121,7 +122,6 @@ let
       vulkan-headers
       vulkan-loader
       webrtc-audio-processing
-      valgrind
       SDL2
       systemd
     ] ++ lib.optionals gstreamerSupport [ gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base gst_all_1.gstreamer ]
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ let
     ++ lib.optional pulseTunnelSupport libpulseaudio
     ++ lib.optional zeroconfSupport avahi;
 
+    # Valgrind binary is required for running one optional test.
+    checkInputs = lib.optional withValgrind valgrind;
+
     mesonFlags = [
       "-Ddocs=enabled"
       "-Dudevrulesdir=lib/udev/rules.d"