diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index 6f22529dd76..953bd817ede 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@openmailbox.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2017 Andy Wingo <wingo@igalia.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 David Hashe <david.hashe@dhashe.com>
-;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
+;;; Copyright © 2015-2020, 2023, 2024 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 David Thompson <davet@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015-2024 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
@@ -7911,7 +7911,17 @@ to display dialog boxes from the commandline and shell scripts.")
               ;; let's disable them as well.
               ;; See <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues/2125>
               (substitute* "src/tests/clutter/conform/meson.build"
-                (("'timeline.*',") ""))))
+                (("'timeline.*',") ""))
+
+              ;; On i686-linux this test fails with a dbus error.  This seems
+              ;; to be fine in later versions, so this workaround can probably
+              ;; be removed soon.
+              #$@(if (string=? "i686-linux" (or (%current-target-system)
+                                                (%current-system)))
+                     #~((substitute* "src/tests/wayland-unit-tests.c"
+                          (("g_test_add_func \\(\"/wayland/toplevel/activation\",") "")
+                          (("^                   toplevel_activation\\);") "")))
+                     #~())))
           (replace 'check
             (lambda* (#:key tests? test-options parallel-tests?
                       #:allow-other-keys)