diff --git a/lib/build-status.nix b/lib/build-status.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c3aa10b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/build-status.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{lib, ...}: {
+  getBuildStatus = package: version: system: let
+    data = lib.importJSON ./../pkgs/${package}/build-status.json;
+  in
+    data.${version}.${system}
+    or {
+      # If not build status is found, we assume that the package builds
+      # successfully with no workarounds.
+      build = true;
+      check = true;
+      skippedTests = [];
+    };
+}
diff --git a/lib/mk-gh-actions-matrix.nix b/lib/mk-gh-actions-matrix.nix
index 83738f1e..447b2ed2 100644
--- a/lib/mk-gh-actions-matrix.nix
+++ b/lib/mk-gh-actions-matrix.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
         # "macos-latest-xlarge" = "aarch64-darwin";
       };
 
+      inherit (import ./build-status.nix {inherit lib;}) getBuildStatus;
+
       mkGHActionsMatrix = {
         include = lib.pipe (builtins.attrNames nixSystemToGHPlatform) [
           (builtins.concatMap
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@
                   p = self.packages.${system}.${package};
                 in {
                   os = platform;
-                  allowedToFail = builtins.elem system (p.passthru.allowedToFailOn or []);
+                  allowedToFail = !(p.passthru.buildStatus or (throw "${package} does not expose build status")).build;
                   inherit system package;
                   attrPath = "packages.${system}.${lib.strings.escapeNixIdentifier package}";
                 })
diff --git a/pkgs/dmd/binary.nix b/pkgs/dmd/binary.nix
index 11b65c47..897639b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/dmd/binary.nix
+++ b/pkgs/dmd/binary.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
   ...
 }: let
   inherit (stdenv) hostPlatform;
+
+  inherit (import ../../lib/build-status.nix {inherit lib;}) getBuildStatus;
+  buildStatus = getBuildStatus "dmd" version stdenv.system;
+
   OS =
     if hostPlatform.isDarwin
     then "osx"
@@ -26,6 +30,10 @@ in
     pname = "dmd-binary";
     inherit version;
 
+    passthru = {
+      inherit buildStatus;
+    };
+
     src = fetchurl rec {
       name = "dmd.${version}.${OS}.tar.xz";
       url = "http://downloads.dlang.org/releases/2.x/${version}/${name}";
diff --git a/pkgs/dmd/build-status.json b/pkgs/dmd/build-status.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..032c26a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/dmd/build-status.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "2.098.1": {
+    "x86_64-darwin": {
+      "build": true,
+      "check": true,
+      "skippedTests": [
+        "dmd/test/runnable/test17868.d",
+        "dmd/test/runnable/test17868b.d"
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "2.102.2": {
+    "x86_64-darwin": {
+      "build": true,
+      "check": true,
+      "skippedTests": [
+        "dmd/compiler/test/runnable/objc_class.d",
+        "dmd/compiler/test/runnable/objc_self_test.d"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/dmd/generic.nix b/pkgs/dmd/generic.nix
index 35f2fb6d..d8f1dcb6 100644
--- a/pkgs/dmd/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/dmd/generic.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   druntimeSha256 ? "",
   phobosSha256,
   toolsSha256,
-  doCheck ? true,
   enableAsserts ? false,
   enableCoverage ? false,
   enableDebug ? false,
@@ -35,6 +34,10 @@
   unzip,
   HOST_DMD ? "${callPackage ./bootstrap.nix {}}/bin/dmd",
 }: let
+  inherit (import ../../lib/build-status.nix {inherit lib;}) getBuildStatus;
+
+  buildStatus = getBuildStatus "dmd" version stdenv.system;
+
   pathConfig = runCommand "phobos-tzdata-curl-paths" {} ''
     mkdir $out
     echo '${tzdata}/share/zoneinfo/' > $out/TZDatabaseDirFile
@@ -110,6 +113,10 @@ in
     pname = "dmd";
     inherit version;
 
+    passthru = {
+      inherit buildStatus;
+    };
+
     enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
     srcs =
@@ -264,19 +271,21 @@ in
       runHook postBuild
     '';
 
-    inherit doCheck;
+    doCheck = buildStatus.check;
 
     checkInputs = lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin Foundation;
 
     checkFlags = commonBuildFlags ++ ["N=$(checkJobs)"];
 
     # many tests are disbled because they are failing
-
     # NOTE: Purity check is disabled for checkPhase because it doesn't fare well
     # with the DMD linker. See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/97420
     checkPhase = ''
       runHook preCheck
-
+      ${
+        lib.optionalString (buildStatus.skippedTests != [])
+        (lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (test: ''rm -v ${test}'') buildStatus.skippedTests)
+      }
       export checkJobs=$NIX_BUILD_CORES
       if [ -z $enableParallelChecking ]; then
         checkJobs=1
diff --git a/pkgs/dub/build-status.json b/pkgs/dub/build-status.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0db3279e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/dub/build-status.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/dub/default.nix b/pkgs/dub/default.nix
index 8a1cc178..d22fb44e 100644
--- a/pkgs/dub/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/dub/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
   dcompiler ? ldc,
 }:
 assert dcompiler != null; let
+  inherit (import ../../lib/build-status.nix {inherit lib;}) getBuildStatus;
+  buildStatus = getBuildStatus "dub" version stdenv.system;
+
+  version = "1.30.0";
+
   xdmdName =
     if lib.hasPrefix "ldc" dcompiler.pname
     then "ldmd2"
@@ -18,7 +23,11 @@ assert dcompiler != null; let
 in
   stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pname = "dub";
-    version = "1.30.0";
+    inherit version;
+
+    passthru = {
+      inherit buildStatus;
+    };
 
     enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
@@ -58,7 +67,7 @@ in
       ./build
     '';
 
-    doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
+    doCheck = buildStatus.check;
 
     checkPhase = ''
       export DUB=$NIX_BUILD_TOP/source/bin/dub
diff --git a/pkgs/ldc/binary.nix b/pkgs/ldc/binary.nix
index 0f9b3d92..b8f98197 100644
--- a/pkgs/ldc/binary.nix
+++ b/pkgs/ldc/binary.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 }: let
   inherit (stdenv) hostPlatform system;
 
+  inherit (import ../../lib/build-status.nix {inherit lib;}) getBuildStatus;
+  buildStatus = getBuildStatus "ldc" version stdenv.system;
+
   systemToArchivePlatform = {
     # FIXME: How should Android be supported?
     # (It is not a separate Nixpkgs platform.)
@@ -37,6 +40,10 @@ in
     pname = "ldc-binary";
     inherit version;
 
+    passthru = {
+      inherit buildStatus;
+    };
+
     src = fetchurl rec {
       name = "ldc2-${version}-${archivePlatform}.${tarballSuffix}";
       url = "https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/releases/download/v${version}/${name}";
diff --git a/pkgs/ldc/build-status.json b/pkgs/ldc/build-status.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a9ef795
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/ldc/build-status.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "1.30.0": {
+    "x86_64-linux": {
+      "build": true,
+      "check": false,
+      "skippedTests": []
+    },
+    "x86_64-darwin": {
+      "build": true,
+      "check": false,
+      "skippedTests": []
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/ldc/generic.nix b/pkgs/ldc/generic.nix
index 9cde5c2f..dfd8f1ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/ldc/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/ldc/generic.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
   targetPackages,
   ldcBootstrap ? callPackage ./bootstrap.nix {},
 }: let
+  inherit (import ../../lib/build-status.nix {inherit lib;}) getBuildStatus;
+  buildStatus = getBuildStatus "ldc" version stdenv.system;
+
   pathConfig = runCommand "phobos-tzdata-curl-paths" {} ''
     mkdir $out
     echo ${tzdata}/share/zoneinfo/ > $out/TZDatabaseDirFile
@@ -67,6 +70,10 @@ in
     pname = "ldc";
     inherit version;
 
+    passthru = {
+      inherit buildStatus;
+    };
+
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/releases/download/v${version}/ldc-${version}-src.tar.gz";
       inherit sha256;
@@ -162,25 +169,32 @@ in
       lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin
       "|druntime-test-shared";
 
-    checkPhase = ''
-      # Build default lib test runners
-      ninja -j$NIX_BUILD_CORES all-test-runners
+    doCheck = buildStatus.check;
 
-      ${fixNames}
+    checkPhase =
+      (
+        lib.optionalString (buildStatus.skippedTests != [])
+        (lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (test: ''rm -v ${test}'') buildStatus.skippedTests)
+      )
+      + ''
+        # Build default lib test runners
+        ninja -j$NIX_BUILD_CORES all-test-runners
 
-      # Run dmd testsuite
-      export DMD_TESTSUITE_MAKE_ARGS="-j$NIX_BUILD_CORES DMD=$DMD"
-      ctest -V -R "dmd-testsuite"
+        ${fixNames}
 
-      # Build and run LDC D unittests.
-      ctest --output-on-failure -R "ldc2-unittest"
+        # Run dmd testsuite
+        export DMD_TESTSUITE_MAKE_ARGS="-j$NIX_BUILD_CORES DMD=$DMD"
+        ctest -V -R "dmd-testsuite"
 
-      # Run LIT testsuite.
-      ctest -V -R "lit-tests"
+        # Build and run LDC D unittests.
+        ctest --output-on-failure -R "ldc2-unittest"
 
-      # Run default lib unittests
-      ctest -j$NIX_BUILD_CORES --output-on-failure -E "ldc2-unittest|lit-tests|dmd-testsuite${additionalExceptions}"
-    '';
+        # Run LIT testsuite.
+        ctest -V -R "lit-tests"
+
+        # Run default lib unittests
+        ctest -j$NIX_BUILD_CORES --output-on-failure -E "ldc2-unittest|lit-tests|dmd-testsuite${additionalExceptions}"
+      '';
 
     postInstall = ''
       substitute ${ldcConfFile} "$out/etc/ldc2.conf" --subst-var out
@@ -190,10 +204,6 @@ in
           --set-default CC "${targetPackages.stdenv.cc}/bin/cc"
     '';
 
-    passthru = {
-      allowedToFailOn = ["x86_64-darwin" "aarch64-darwin"];
-    };
-
     meta = with lib; {
       description = "The LLVM-based D compiler";
       homepage = "https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc";