diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gmime/3.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gmime/3.nix
index 124fc08cf3bd..65c99610a5c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gmime/3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gmime/3.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, zlib, gpgme, libidn, gobjectIntrospection }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, zlib, gnupg, gpgme, libidn, gobjectIntrospection }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "3.2.0";
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib ];
   configureFlags = [ "--enable-introspection=yes" ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace tests/testsuite.c \
+      --replace /bin/rm rm
+  '';
+
+  checkInputs = [ gnupg ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {