diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtasn1/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtasn1/default.nix
index 215d67dc0b10..d266817c5d77 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtasn1/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtasn1/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ texinfo perl ];
 
   doCheck = true;
+  preCheck = if stdenv.isDarwin then
+    "export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`/lib/.libs"
+  else
+    null;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://www.gnu.org/software/libtasn1/;