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-rw-r--r--nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/libffi/default.nix6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/libffi/default.nix b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/libffi/default.nix
index 4332f43c5afb..6a22d585fbc8 100644
--- a/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/libffi/default.nix
+++ b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/libffi/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch
 , autoreconfHook
 
+, doCheck ? true # test suite depends on dejagnu which cannot be used during bootstrapping
+, dejagnu
 }:
 
 # Note: this package is used for bootstrapping fetchurl, and thus
@@ -39,6 +41,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   dontStrip = stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform; # Don't run the native `strip' when cross-compiling.
 
+  inherit doCheck;
+
+  checkInputs = [ dejagnu ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A foreign function call interface library";
     longDescription = ''