diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/toml-f/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/toml-f/default.nix
index e24ceec58c07..3f95d5682f9e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/toml-f/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/toml-f/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
-  doCheck = true;
+  # tftest-build fails on aarch64-linux
+  doCheck = !stdenv.isAarch64;
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "TOML parser implementation for data serialization and deserialization in Fortran";