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-rw-r--r--pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
index 45dfd52dba19..a90f38ccc095 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ let
 
     doInstallCheck = true;
 
+    # socket path becomes too long otherwise
+    preInstallCheck = lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin "export TMPDIR=/tmp";
+
     separateDebugInfo = stdenv.isLinux;
 
     crossAttrs = {