diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/compressai/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/compressai/default.nix
index a3b4e3238d79f..2749d88def599 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/compressai/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/compressai/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   lib,
+  stdenv,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
 
@@ -93,6 +94,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "test_find_close"
   ];
 
+  disabledTestPaths = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    # Cause pytest to hang on Darwin after the tests are done
+    "tests/test_eval_model.py"
+    "tests/test_train.py"
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "PyTorch library and evaluation platform for end-to-end compression research";
     homepage = "https://github.com/InterDigitalInc/CompressAI";