diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/mockgen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/mockgen/default.nix
index af3e21afc914..56615d9b7004 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/mockgen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/mockgen/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
-{ buildGoModule, lib, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, lib }:
+
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "mockgen";
   version = "1.6.0";
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "golang";
     repo = "mock";
     rev = "v${version}";
     sha256 = "sha256-5Kp7oTmd8kqUN+rzm9cLqp9nb3jZdQyltGGQDiRSWcE=";
   };
+
   vendorSha256 = "sha256-5gkrn+OxbNN8J1lbgbxM8jACtKA7t07sbfJ7gVJWpJM=";
 
-  doCheck = false;
-
   subPackages = [ "mockgen" ];
 
+  preCheck = ''
+    export GOROOT="$(go env GOROOT)"
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "GoMock is a mocking framework for the Go programming language";
     homepage = "https://github.com/golang/mock";