diff --git a/cabal2nix.cabal b/cabal2nix.cabal
--- a/cabal2nix.cabal
+++ b/cabal2nix.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                   cabal2nix
-Version:                1.48
+Version:                1.49
 Copyright:              Peter Simons, Andres Loeh
 License:                BSD3
 License-File:           LICENSE
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
   .
   The only required argument is the path to the cabal file. For example:
   .
-  > cabal2nix http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/cabal2nix/1.48/cabal2nix.cabal
-  > cabal2nix cabal://cabal2nix-1.48
+  > cabal2nix http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/cabal2nix/1.49/cabal2nix.cabal
+  > cabal2nix cabal://cabal2nix-1.49
   .
   If the @--sha256@ option has not been specified, cabal2nix calls
   @nix-prefetch-url@ to determine the hash automatically. This causes
diff --git a/src/Cabal2Nix.hs b/src/Cabal2Nix.hs
--- a/src/Cabal2Nix.hs
+++ b/src/Cabal2Nix.hs
@@ -83,11 +83,12 @@
   let packageId = package (packageDescription cabal)
   sha <- if null (optSha256 cfg) then hashPackage packageId else return (optSha256 cfg)
 
-  let deriv  = (cabal2nix cabal) { sha256 = sha, runHaddock = optHaddock cfg, doCheck = optDoCheck cfg }
+  let deriv  = (cabal2nix cabal) { sha256 = sha, runHaddock = optHaddock cfg }
       deriv' = deriv { metaSection = (metaSection deriv)
                                      { maintainers = optMaintainer cfg
                                      , platforms   = optPlatform cfg
                                      }
+                     , doCheck = doCheck deriv && optDoCheck cfg
                      }
 
   putStr (show (disp (normalize deriv')))
diff --git a/src/Cabal2Nix/PostProcess.hs b/src/Cabal2Nix/PostProcess.hs
--- a/src/Cabal2Nix/PostProcess.hs
+++ b/src/Cabal2Nix/PostProcess.hs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
   | pname == "haskell-src-meta" = deriv { buildDepends = "uniplate":buildDepends }
   | pname == "highlighting-kate"= highlightingKatePostProcessing deriv
   | pname == "hmatrix"          = deriv { extraLibs = "gsl":"liblapack":"blas":extraLibs }
+  | pname == "hspec"            = deriv { doCheck = False }
   | pname == "idris"            = deriv { buildTools = "happy":buildTools }
   | pname == "language-c-quote" = deriv { buildTools = "alex":"happy":buildTools }
   | pname == "leksah-server"    = deriv { buildDepends = "process-leksah":buildDepends }