diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/tpm2-abrmd/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/tpm2-abrmd/default.nix
index de584438ed62..6fe116d7015a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/tpm2-abrmd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/tpm2-abrmd/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config makeWrapper autoreconfHook autoconf-archive which ];
-  buildInputs = [ tpm2-tss glib dbus cmocka ];
+  buildInputs = [ tpm2-tss glib dbus ];
+  checkInputs = [ cmocka ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;