diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/jbig2dec/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/jbig2dec/default.nix
index b9dcc927172f..cc838be0f4f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/jbig2dec/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/jbig2dec/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, python }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "jbig2dec-0.14";
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0k01hp0q4275fj4rbr1gy64svfraw5w7wvwl08yjhvsnpb1rid11";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs test_jbig2dec.py
+  '';
+
+  checkInputs = [ python ];
+  doCheck = false; # fails 1 of 4 tests
+
   meta = {
     homepage = https://www.ghostscript.com/jbig2dec.html;
     description = "Decoder implementation of the JBIG2 image compression format";