diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/base/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/base/default.nix
index 49216b70fe12..dd4007bd142b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/base/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/base/default.nix
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  doCheck = false; # fails, wants DRI access for OpenGL
+
   patches = [
     (fetchpatch {
         url = "https://bug794856.bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=370414";