diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyres/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyres/default.nix
index b1d5f4efb090..bb15a4d927ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyres/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyres/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, simplejson, redis, setproctitle, nose, pkgs }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, simplejson, redis, setproctitle, nose, pkgs }:
 
 let
 
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "1rkpv7gbjxl9h9g7kncmsrgmi77l7pgfq8d7dbnsr3ia2jmjqb8y";
   };
 
+  # started redis-server makes this hang on darwin
+  doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
+
   checkPhase = ''
     redis-server &
     nosetests . --exclude test_worker_pids