diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
index 93e96bef536a..839ba7cfa951 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1d98mbqjmc34s8095lkw1j1bwvnnkw9581yfvjaikjvfjsaz29qd";
   };
 
-  patches = optional stdenv.isDarwin ./darwin-compilation.patch;
+  patches = optional stdenv.isDarwin ./darwin-compilation.patch ++ optional doCheck ./skip-timer-test.patch;
 
   setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/skip-timer-test.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/skip-timer-test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..942f3e7864c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/skip-timer-test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Description: Skip test which performs some unreliable floating point comparisons
+Forwarded: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=722604
+
+Index: b/glib/tests/timer.c
+===================================================================
+--- a/glib/tests/timer.c
++++ b/glib/tests/timer.c
+@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
+ {
+   g_test_init (&argc, &argv, NULL);
+ 
+-  g_test_add_func ("/timer/basic", test_timer_basic);
++/*  g_test_add_func ("/timer/basic", test_timer_basic);*/
+-  g_test_add_func ("/timer/stop", test_timer_stop);
++/*  g_test_add_func ("/timer/stop", test_timer_stop);*/
+   g_test_add_func ("/timer/continue", test_timer_continue);
+   g_test_add_func ("/timer/reset", test_timer_reset);