diff --git a/gnu/packages/compression.scm b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
index 499c13a291..7eeeaf362d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/compression.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
@@ -1550,6 +1550,16 @@ manipulate, read, and write Zip archive files.")
               (sha256
                (base32
                 "0wykw0q9dwdzx0gssi2dpgckx9ggr2spzc1amjnff6wi6kz6x4xa"))))
+    (arguments
+     '(#:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-after 'build 'remove-failing-tests
+           ;; These tests are known to fail on 32-bit architectures.
+           ;; see thread: https://nih.at/listarchive/libzip-discuss/msg00713.html
+           (lambda _
+             (substitute* "regress/Makefile"
+               (("encryption-nonrandom") "#encryption-nonrandom"))
+             #t)))))
     (native-inputs
      `(("perl" ,perl)))
     (inputs