diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/fprintd/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/fprintd/default.nix
index 27425b1a1491..3e651f593f45 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/fprintd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/fprintd/default.nix
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = true;
 
+  mesonCheckFlags = [
+    # PAM related checks are timing out
+    "--no-suite" "fprintd:TestPamFprintd"
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs \
       po/check-translations.sh \