diff --git a/srcpkgs/rsync/template b/srcpkgs/rsync/template
index aaf89021420..2f8caef9d06 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rsync/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rsync/template
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ homepage="http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/"
 distfiles="http://www.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src/rsync-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=ecfa62a7fa3c4c18b9eccd8c16eaddee4bd308a76ea50b5c02a5840f09c0a1c2
 
+pre_check() {
+	# chgrp tests fail inside chroot
+	rm -f testsuite/chgrp.test
+}
+
 post_install() {
 	vconf ${FILESDIR}/rsyncd.conf
 	vsv rsyncd