diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/intel-media-sdk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/intel-media-sdk/default.nix
index 411cc227b304..03b3b936f261 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/intel-media-sdk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/intel-media-sdk/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoPatchelfHook, cmake, pkgconfig, libdrm, libpciaccess
-, libva , libX11, libXau, libXdmcp, libpthreadstubs
-}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, pkgconfig, gtest, libdrm, libpciaccess, libva, libX11
+, libXau, libXdmcp, libpthreadstubs }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "intel-media-sdk";
@@ -11,12 +10,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1p13b4abslq31pbgqf0bzs2ixns85yfdsm94326h2vcg0q7hqc24";
   };
 
-  # patchelf is needed for binaries in $out/share/samples
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoPatchelfHook cmake pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [
     libdrm libva libpciaccess libX11 libXau libXdmcp libpthreadstubs
   ];
+  checkInputs = [ gtest ];
 
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DBUILD_SAMPLES=OFF"
+    "-DBUILD_TESTS=${if doCheck then "ON" else "OFF"}"
+    "-DUSE_SYSTEM_GTEST=ON"
+  ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
   enableParallelBuild = true;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {